1985 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1985 between Melbourne and Carlton during round five of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. Mark MacLure captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Melbourne (18.13.121) defeated Carlton (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Thursday 25 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 53,065

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 18.13.121 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 6 9 . 9 15 . 13 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Carlton 4 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 2 MELB by 21 MELB by 29 MELB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Carlton

Captain: Mark MacLure
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robin White MELB 5 3
Russell Richards MELB 20 2
Tom Alvin CARL 31 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 3 0 22 18 4 3 0 0 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 2
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 2 1 14 14 0 6 0 1 1
44 Fidge, John ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 5 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 5 2 14 12 2 4 0 0 0
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 1 4 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 9 5 6
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 4 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 2
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 2
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 4
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 5 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 4 3 15 11 4 6 0 1 1
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 1 2 19 9 10 3 0 3 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 13 257 197 60 61 10 38 33

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 4 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 2 0 1 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2
20 Baynes, Rhett ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 2 5 3 2
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 4 1 23 15 8 6 0 5 1
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 2
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
32 Glascott, David ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 2 0 4 0
24 Hartney, Brendan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 2
36 MacLure, Mark (c) ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 7 0 2 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 13 5 5
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 1 1 1
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 1
18 Montgomery, Allan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 0 1
60 Muller, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
17 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 2
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 1 0 2 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 0 1
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 3 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 14 256 188 68 56 19 33 38

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s