1985 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1985 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by Geelong (21.18.144).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 3 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,421

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 12.14.86 - 21.18.144

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 11 10 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Geelong 6 . 5 11 . 10 17 . 15 21 . 18 21 . 18 (144)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 45 GEEL by 58 GEEL by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 3
Terry Bright GEEL 4 2
Andrew Bews GEEL 27 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 26 17 9 2 0 2 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 5 0 0 2
44 Fidge, John ? ? 3 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 0 3 20 16 4 3 0 2 2
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 2 0 23 15 8 4 0 2 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 5 0 1 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 0 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 2 12 5 7 2 0 4 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 0
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 0
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 22 11 11 5 12 3 3
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 10 3 7 0 0 0 0
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 0 1
21 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 0 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 4 1
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 14 290 195 95 60 12 26 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 9 6 25 22 3 10 0 4 1
34 Alderdice, Craig ? ? 1 1 16 7 9 6 0 0 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 3 3 34 26 8 5 0 3 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 5 18 3 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 5 3 16 13 3 5 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 1 3
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 1
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 3 0 0 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 0
36 Morgan, Darren ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 1 1
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 3 0
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 27 9 18 5 0 1 3
44 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 21 18 313 202 111 73 20 25 26

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