1985 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1985 between Melbourne and Richmond during round eleven of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. Mark Lee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Paul Sproule.

Melbourne (15.11.101) were defeated by Richmond (17.19.121).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 June 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,606

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 15.11.101 - 17.19.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 5 11 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Richmond 2 . 4 7 . 5 14 . 13 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Margin MELB by 18 MELB by 6 RICH by 22 RICH by 20 RICH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Paul Sproule

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Daryl Vernon RICH 42 3
Trevor Poole RICH 23 2
Danny Hughes MELB 10 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 4 1 0
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 0 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 0 0 2 0
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 1 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 1 4
44 Fidge, John ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 2 0 2 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 2 0 1 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 8 0 3 0
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 2 1 17 17 0 6 0 2 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 2 6 3 5
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 4 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 0 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 0 1
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 3 0 3 1
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 3 3 18 13 5 4 0 1 4
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 11 252 174 78 53 10 27 34

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 0 2 13 6 7 3 0 0 2
15 Barling, Tim ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 9 2 5
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 2 2 9 5 4 2 0 1 0
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 1
51 Geary, Richard ? ? 3 2 18 12 6 4 0 3 1
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 0 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 2 19 13 6 4 0 2 1
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 17 0 4
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 2 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 3 0 0 0
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 7 0 4 1
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 2 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 7 1 15 15 0 9 3 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 0 0 0 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 2
42 Vernon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 30 25 5 3 0 3 1
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 8 0 6 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 1 20 10 10 2 0 3 1
Rushed 7
Total (20 players) 17 19 310 198 112 63 29 34 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