1985 VFL Round 15: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1985 between Geelong and Carlton during round 15 of the 1985 VFL season. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Mark MacLure captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Geelong
G. Ablett, A. Bews, D. Bolton, M. Bos, D. Bourke, T. Bright, C. Cleave, P. Couch, D. Flanigan, S. Hocking, M. Kol, D. Morgan, R. Neal, M. Reed, S. Reynoldson, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Williams, M. Witcombe, M. Yeates

Carlton
M. MacLure (capt.), T. Alvin, R. Ashman, W. Blackwell, P. Dean, D. English, D. Glascott, W. Harmes, S. Kourkoumelis, J. Madden, P. McConville, W. McKenzie, P. Meldrum, F. Murphy, B. Reid, D. Rhys-Jones, P. Rohde, K. Sheldon, S. Silvagni, M. Williams

Geelong (16.8.104) were defeated by Carlton (19.16.130).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Bright (4), D. Flanigan (3), A. Bews (2), M. Yeates (2), G. Ablett, P. Couch, S. Reynoldson, G. Williams, S. Williams
Carlton: W. Blackwell (3), M. MacLure (3), W. McKenzie (3), R. Ashman (2), K. Sheldon (2), W. Harmes, P. McConville, F. Murphy, D. Rhys-Jones, P. Rohde, S. Silvagni

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Carlton remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 6 July 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,813

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 16.8.104 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Carlton 2 . 5 7 . 8 14 . 14 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin GEEL by 5 CARL by 9 CARL by 32 CARL by 26 CARL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Geelong), David Parkin (Carlton)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Mark MacLure (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Meldrum CARL 23 3
Tom Alvin CARL 31 2
Mark MacLure CARL 36 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 5
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 2 0 24 13 11 1 0 2 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 2 0 0 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 3 0
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 16 2 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 0
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 9 0 0 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 3 0 4 4 0 3 4 0 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 4 0
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0
36 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 0 0 1 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 4 0
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 3
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 31 13 18 3 0 3 3
44 Williams, Shane ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 8 275 173 102 57 20 32 24

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 4 0 0 4
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 3 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 0 1
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 2 0
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 0
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 3 0 1 3
36 MacLure, Mark (c) ? ? 3 3 19 14 5 9 0 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 11 5 2
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 9 0 3 4
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 3 2 12 10 2 6 0 1 3
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 8 0 0 0
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 2 0 1 3
17 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 5 0 1 1
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 2 0 25 20 5 5 0 0 4
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 0
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 19 16 306 212 94 86 11 24 32

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