1985 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1985 between Footscray and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (26.13.169) defeated Melbourne (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 July 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,328

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 26.13.169 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 5 9 . 10 18 . 11 26 . 13 26 . 13 (169)
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 5 4 . 8 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin FOOT by 21 FOOT by 35 FOOT by 87 FOOT by 120 FOOT by 120
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Hardie FOOT 4 3
Doug Hawkins FOOT 7 2
Simon Beasley FOOT 18 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 12 3 17 16 1 14 0 1 7
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 3 0 5 6
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 1
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 4
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 2 0 20 19 1 5 0 0 2
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 5 1 20 19 1 12 0 3 4
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 2 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 6 0 2 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 3 4
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 5 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 2
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 4 0 2 4
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 0 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 9 2 4
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 6 0 1 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 3 12 8 4 3 0 3 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 7 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 26 13 306 244 62 94 9 42 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 2 0 6 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 3 0 2 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 4 2 4
42 Hutchinson, Bret ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 4
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 7 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 6 0 2 1
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 12 2 4
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 1
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 4 0 3 2
21 Parish, Les ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 2 2
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 2
53 Rugolo, Joseph ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 2 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 4 0 2 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 3 25 13 12 2 0 3 5
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 4 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 13 267 181 86 46 17 47 42

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