1985 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1985 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round eight of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Graeme Gellie.

Melbourne (16.10.106) defeated St Kilda (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 16,282

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 16.10.106 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 5 13 . 9 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
St Kilda 4 . 5 4 . 9 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin STKL by 3 MELB by 14 MELB by 42 MELB by 52 MELB by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Graeme Gellie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
P. Carey

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chris Connolly MELB 22 3
Sean Wight MELB 27 2
Paul Morwood STKL 4 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 2 0 26 18 8 1 0 1 1
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 4
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 31 23 8 5 0 1 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 3 0 17 13 4 8 3 1 3
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 2 0 2 3
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 4
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 3 0 4 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 2 2 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 4 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 4 0 2 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 19 5 3
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 4 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 4 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 4
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 5 0 1 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 3 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 10 320 243 77 61 24 47 42

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Bennett, John ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 2 0 3 1
3 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 5
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 3
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 6 0 5 2
24 Frawley, Danny ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 3
35 Grant, David ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 6 0 1 2
53 Ingleton, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1
46 Jobling, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 9 0 2 0
17 Kiel, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 1 0 3 1
14 Lockett, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 2 1 7
7 Mace, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 3
18 Manning, Andrew ? ? 3 1 17 11 6 6 0 4 3
21 McAdam, Greg ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 3
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 6 0 5 2
8 Narkle, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 0
29 Odgers, Gary ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 9 0 3 3
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 1 0 3 3
2 Sidebottom, Allan ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 2 11 3 2
30 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 12 281 208 73 68 13 42 47

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