1985 VFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1985 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round twenty of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Maurice Rioli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Paul Sproule.

North Melbourne (16.20.116) defeated Richmond (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 17 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,341

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 16.20.116 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 4 10 . 7 13 . 16 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Richmond 4 . 4 6 . 6 6 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin RICH by 6 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 50 NMLB by 50 NMLB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Richmond

Captain: Maurice Rioli
Coach: Paul Sproule

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter German NMLB 29 3
Phil Krakouer NMLB 8 2
Craig Stewart RICH 32 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Arceri, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 1 0 3 2
11 Collins, Jon ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
49 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 3 2 2 6
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 7 0 4 2
32 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 0
21 Furey, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 5 2
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 6 30 25 5 6 0 3 3
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 0 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 5 0 3 2
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 0 3 23 17 6 6 0 1 5
2 Holt, John ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 7 0 3 2
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 4 0 5 9
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 5 19 17 2 4 0 5 3
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 2 0 26 19 7 7 0 5 2
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 5 1 12 11 1 6 6 0 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 7 11 4 5
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 4 0
53 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 20 313 238 75 77 19 49 47

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 6 0 2 1
45 Bayes, Gavin ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 4 0 3 4
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 4 0
48 Crebbin, Tom ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 1 0 0 0
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 1 3 3
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 2
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 2 0 1 4
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 6
51 Geary, Richard ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 5 0 1 4
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 3 0 6 6
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 2 0 1 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 7 5 3 2
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 2 0 3 3
58 Notting, Dean ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 3 1 21 10 11 13 0 3 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 6 0 3 3
17 Rioli, Maurice (c) ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 1 0 4 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 2 0 2 1
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 11 15 4 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 335 194 141 78 21 47 49

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