1985 VFL Season 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 eight of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Mark Browning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne (11.8.74) defeated Sydney (6.10.46).

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

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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