1985 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1985 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round six of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (20.11.131) were defeated by North Melbourne (20.12.132).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,815

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 20.11.131 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 4 9 . 6 13 . 10 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
North Melbourne 5 . 1 13 . 6 16 . 10 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Margin MELB by 15 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 18 NMLB by 1 NMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 3
Brian Wilson MELB 7 2
Mark Lisle NMLB 1 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 0 0 4 3
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 3 1
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 2
44 Fidge, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 3 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 2
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 0 2 25 18 7 3 0 2 3
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 2 0 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 2 2 22 21 1 4 0 2 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 7 15 3 5
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 2 3
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 1 0 0
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 2 2 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 15 3 12 1 1 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 7 2 15 12 3 8 0 1 5
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 3 1 17 12 5 3 0 1 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 11 254 184 70 49 21 30 40

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 1 3 2
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 2 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 8 3 4 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 1
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 2 2
2 Holt, John ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 2 2
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 0 3
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 3 27 17 10 3 0 3 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 3 0 19 13 6 0 0 2 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 0 0
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 5 18 2 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 1 8 3 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 6 1 3 1
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 0
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 4
33 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
40 Ryan, Brendan ? ? 5 1 14 11 3 7 1 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 5 0 3 1
5 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 12 266 179 87 46 32 40 30

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