1985 VFL Round 13: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1985 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 13 of the 1985 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. Peter Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), D. Allday, A. Battiston, D. Bourke, D. Cordner, J. Fidge, T. Fidge, D. Hughes, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, N. Kol, D. Louttit, S. Newport, M. O'Sullivan, L. Parish, P. Payne, R. Richards, X. Tanner, K. Templeton, G. Yeats

Hawthorn
Back: G. Ayres, C. Mew, R. Greene
Half-back: J. Kennedy, C. Langford, R. Lester-Smith
Centre: R. Eade, T. Wallace, P. Russo
Half-forward: P. Curran, D. Brereton, K. Judge
Forward: M. Byrne, P. Knights (capt.), S. Malaxos
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck, R. Loveridge
Int.: G. Buckenara, R. Handley

Melbourne (12.9.81) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.31.97).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. Fidge (3), K. Templeton (3), G. Healy (2), L. Parish (2), N. Kol, S. Newport
Hawthorn: P. Knights (3), S. Malaxos (3), R. Loveridge (2), D. Brereton, M. Tuck, T. Wallace

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 22 June 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,406

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.9.81 - 11.31.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 0 8 . 4 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Hawthorn 5 . 5 7 . 13 7 . 23 11 . 31 11 . 31 (97)
Margin HWTH by 5 HWTH by 3 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 16 HWTH by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Melbourne), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Gerard Healy (Melbourne), Peter Knights (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, P. Waight

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Richard Loveridge HWTH 22 3
Dermott Brereton HWTH 23 2
Michael Tuck HWTH 17 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 7 3 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 2 1
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 3 0 2 0
44 Fidge, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 0
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 3 0 2 1
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 7 0 4 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 7 1 3 3
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 0 0 3 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 1 0
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 6 0 1 0
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 0 3 4
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 3 1
21 Parish, Les ? ? 2 1 23 18 5 4 0 2 4
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 3
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 2 1 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 1 5 4 1 4 0 0 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 9 263 188 75 54 10 34 29

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 1 2 21 18 3 11 0 2 6
11 Buckenara, Gary INT ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 2
21 Byrne, Michael FPL ? 0 8 11 11 0 9 1 1 4
25 Curran, Peter HFFL ? 0 2 9 7 2 5 0 2 0
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 9 2 2
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 2 2
29 Greene, Russell BPR ? 0 1 19 12 7 5 0 3 1
37 Handley, Robert INT ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Judge, Ken HFFR ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
34 Kennedy, John HBFL ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 1 0
24 Knights, Peter (c) FF ? 3 5 10 9 1 7 0 0 2
28 Langford, Chris CHB ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1
6 Lester-Smith, Rod HBFR ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 1
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 2 1 29 25 4 6 0 2 4
10 Malaxos, Steve FPR ? 3 2 17 10 7 5 0 1 2
2 Mew, Chris FB ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 5 0
4 Russo, Peter WR ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 1 23 17 6 6 0 1 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 11 31 281 214 67 90 10 29 34

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 G. Ayres 2 C. Mew 29 R. Greene













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



34 J. Kennedy 28 C. Langford 6 R. Lester-Smith













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 R. Eade 16 T. Wallace 4 P. Russo









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 G. Dear 11 G. Buckenara
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 37 R. Handley
25 P. Curran 23 D. Brereton 1 K. Judge 22 R. Loveridge











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 M. Byrne 24 P. Knights (c) 10 S. Malaxos













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans