1985 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1985 between Geelong and Melbourne during round seven of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Gerard Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (12.13.85) defeated Melbourne (5.10.40).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,785

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 12.13.85 - 5.10.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 4 . 4 8 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Melbourne 1 . 4 2 . 5 3 . 8 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 45 GEEL by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Yeates GEEL 21 3
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 2
Gary Malarkey GEEL 6 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 5 2 20 17 3 11 0 2 4
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 3 0 0 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 1 23 12 11 0 0 4 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 1 2 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 4 0 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 1 0
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 0 3
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 6 18 1 3
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 2
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
32 Lenaghan, Michael ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 1 3
6 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 3 2 2
36 Morgan, Darren ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 29 22 7 1 0 2 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 3 3 1 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 1 3 1
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 31 15 16 4 0 3 2
44 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 4 0
38 Zychla, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 6 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 12 13 332 221 111 59 27 37 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 2 0 3 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 1 1
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 0
44 Fidge, John ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 3 0 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 3 3
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 0 1 30 23 7 4 0 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 2 3 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 1 2 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 17 4 1
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 3 5
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 0 4
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 3 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 4
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 3 0 18 13 5 5 0 2 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 3 0 1 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 5 10 279 206 73 42 22 32 35

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