1985 VFL Round 19: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1985 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 19 of the 1985 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Trevor Barker captained the hosts. Gerard Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme Gellie and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

St Kilda
T. Barker (capt.), A. Bennett, J. Bennett, M. Buckley, G. Burns, P. Cronan, G. Cunningham, R. Elphinstone, S. Foschini, D. Frawley, A. Jobling, P. Kiel, T. Lockett, R. Mace, A. Manning, P. Morwood, P. Narkle, G. Odgers, A. Sidebottom, P. Temay

Melbourne
Gerard Healy (capt.), A. Battiston, C. Connolly, D. Cordner, D. Cox, J. Fidge, T. Fidge, Greg Healy, D. Hughes, A. Jarrott, A. Johnson, N. Kol, D. Louttit, P. Moore, S. Newport, M. O'Sullivan, R. Richards, R. White, M. Withers, S. Zantuck

St Kilda (7.8.50) were defeated by Melbourne (8.11.59).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: T. Lockett (3), G. Burns (2), S. Foschini, A. Manning
Melbourne: J. Fidge (2), T. Fidge (2), A. Battiston, D. Cox, R. Richards, M. Withers

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 11,779

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.8.50 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 2 3 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Melbourne 5 . 2 7 . 4 7 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 24 level MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graeme Gellie (St Kilda), Ron Barassi (Melbourne)
Captains: Trevor Barker (St Kilda), Gerard Healy (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, G. Lawlor

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Mace STKL 7 3
Gary Odgers STKL 29 2
Mark Withers MELB 15 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor (c) ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 4
25 Bennett, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 2 1 5
25 Bennett, John ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 2
28 Buckley, Mark ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 2 1 27 19 8 6 0 4 2
3 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 8 0 5 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 3
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 5 1
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 2 0
24 Frawley, Danny ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 1
46 Jobling, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 1
17 Kiel, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 3 5
14 Lockett, Tony ? ? 3 0 6 4 2 3 4 0 2
7 Mace, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 12 0 6 2
18 Manning, Andrew ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 6 0 0 1
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 4 0
8 Narkle, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 4 1
29 Odgers, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 6 3
2 Sidebottom, Allan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 10 7 3
40 Temay, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 8 293 212 81 92 16 54 39

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 29 22 7 5 0 4 3
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 0
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 5 2 6 8
44 Fidge, John ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 1 0 3 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 2 2 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 0 4
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 6 0 2 4
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 0 5
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 1
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 5 5 2
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 4
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 5 3
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 5
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 7 1
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 1 2 23 14 9 3 0 2 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 11 246 194 52 62 7 39 54

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