1985 VFL Round 8: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1985 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 8 of the 1985 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Mark Browning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne
A. Demetriou, P. German, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, S. Hickey, K. Hodgeman, J. Holt, P. Jonas, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Law, M. Lisle, S. McCann, D. McDonald, M. Passmore, R. Ramsay, B. Ryan, P. Smith, R. Smith

Sydney
M. Browning (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Bayes, W. Capper, D. Carroll, R. Carter, A. Daniher, J. Duursma, G. Frangalas, P. Hawke, C. Holden, C. Hounsell, J. Ironmonger, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, R. Prosser, I. Roberts, M. Russell, S. Wright

North Melbourne (11.8.74) defeated Sydney (6.10.46).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: A. Demetriou (3), P. Jonas (3), R. Glendinning, K. Hodgeman, J. Holt, M. Larkin, B. Ryan
Sydney: D. Ackerly, D. Carroll, B. Mitchell, R. Prosser, M. Russell, S. Wright

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 18 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,572

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 11.8.74 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	4	.	3	6	.	6	9	.	6	11	.	8	11	.	8	(74)
Sydney	0	.	3	1	.	6	3	.	7	6	.	10	6	.	10	(46)
Margin	NMLB by 24			NMLB by 30			NMLB by 35			NMLB by 28			NMLB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), John Northey (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Mark Browning (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matthew Larkin	NMLB	9	3
Barry Mitchell	SYDN	10	2
Peter German	NMLB	29	1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
28	Demetriou, Andrew	?	?	3	1	19	14	5	1	0	3	2
29	German, Peter	?	?	0	2	21	18	3	2	0	2	6
4	Glendinning, Ross	?	?	1	0	12	6	6	5	1	0	7
27	Greig, Keith	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	3	0	2	0
24	Hickey, Steve	?	?	0	1	6	4	2	2	0	0	1
17	Hodgeman, Kym	?	?	1	0	18	14	4	5	0	1	3
2	Holt, John	?	?	1	0	11	11	0	1	0	4	2
45	Jonas, Peter	?	?	3	0	22	14	8	6	0	0	5
3	Krakouer, Jim	?	?	0	0	19	11	8	6	0	1	2
8	Krakouer, Phil	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	1	0
9	Larkin, Matthew	?	?	1	0	21	18	3	3	0	5	2
13	Law, John	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	1	0	2	2
1	Lisle, Mark	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	7	1	1
16	McCann, Stephen	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	10	1	2
25	McDonald, Donald	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	1	1
37	Passmore, Michael	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	0	0	3	1
30	Ramsay, Roy	?	?	0	1	10	8	2	4	0	0	0
40	Ryan, Brendan	?	?	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1
5	Smith, Peter	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	6	0	1	2
15	Smith, Ross	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	1	0	3	0
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				11	8	263	200	63	59	18	31	40

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
9	Ackerly, David	?	?	1	0	13	13	0	2	0	3	1
30	Bayes, Mark	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	1	1
11	Browning, Mark (c)	?	?	0	0	21	16	5	1	0	2	1
39	Capper, Warwick	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	0	1
7	Carroll, Dennis	?	?	1	1	13	11	2	4	0	3	4
13	Carter, Rod	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	1	0	2	1
19	Daniher, Anthony	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	1	4
20	Duursma, Jamie	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	2	0	4	1
16	Frangalas, Gary	?	?	0	0	18	15	3	2	0	4	2
34	Hawke, Paul	?	?	0	0	29	18	11	2	0	5	1
22	Holden, Craig	?	?	0	0	18	17	1	5	0	0	0
23	Hounsell, Colin	?	?	0	1	8	7	1	0	0	3	4
1	Ironmonger, John	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	6	11	1	0
46	McAsey, Darren	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
10	Mitchell, Barry	?	?	1	1	20	17	3	4	0	4	3
35	Murphy, David	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	4	2
41	Prosser, Rob	?	?	1	2	10	8	2	3	0	0	2
5	Roberts, Ian	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	1	0	0	0
38	Russell, Mark	?	?	1	0	5	1	4	1	0	0	0
26	Wright, Stephen	?	?	1	1	15	10	5	3	0	3	2
Rushed					4
Total (20 players)				6	10	250	193	57	47	11	40	31

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

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