1985 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1985 between Melbourne and Sydney during round ten of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. Mark Browning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Melbourne (15.19.109) defeated Sydney (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 1 June 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,764

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 15.19.109 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 9 . 5 11 . 11 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Sydney 7 . 0 9 . 5 12 . 5 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin SYDN by 13 level level MELB by 17 MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
John Ironmonger SYDN 1 3
Gerard Healy MELB 3 2
Alan Jarrott MELB 47 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 0 0 1 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 3 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 4
44 Fidge, John ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 1 3 20 14 6 3 0 1 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 5 0 2 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 1 0 28 19 9 5 1 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 13 0 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 3 12 1 0 2 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 3 0
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 8 0 1 0
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 13 10 4 0 0 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 1 1 1
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 3 0 0 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 2 24 17 7 6 0 0 2
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 2 3 17 11 6 1 0 2 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 2 27 22 5 2 0 5 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 15 19 316 213 103 63 15 27 22

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 2 1
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 1
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 2 0 1 0
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 4 5 3 4
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 4 1 0 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 2 0 0 0
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 2 0
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 3 1 23 13 10 2 0 2 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 5 12 1 1
46 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 3 0 1 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 2 3
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 1
51 Roberts, Mark ? ? 3 3 11 9 2 5 0 0 3
38 Russell, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 8 280 188 92 61 18 22 27

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