1985 VFL Season Round 21: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1985 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round twenty-one of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Matthew Rendell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

North Melbourne (17.22.124) defeated Fitzroy (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 24 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,581

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 17.22.124 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 8 12 . 12 14 . 16 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 6 13 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin NMLB by 29 NMLB by 42 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ross Glendinning NMLB 4 3
Donald McDonald NMLB 25 2
John Holt NMLB 2 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Arceri, Mark ? ? 0 3 22 15 7 2 0 1 0
49 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 2 0 1 1
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 2 19 9 10 6 0 3 0
32 Dwyer, David ? ? 2 2 21 19 2 1 0 1 1
21 Furey, Tony ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 3 0 0 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 3 0
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 1 1 1
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 0
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 4 0 3 3
2 Holt, John ? ? 2 3 26 19 7 3 0 1 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 3 1 3 1
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 3
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 2 0 24 15 9 2 0 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 5 0 12 8 4 6 6 0 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 9 1 2
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 0
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 0
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 5 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 22 315 218 97 61 17 25 18

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 3 1 16 12 4 7 1 0 4
54 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
46 Cooper, Jamie ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 0 2
8 Cross, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 3
48 Crutchfield, David ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 5 0 0
20 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 2 0 1 3
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 2 0 22 12 10 7 3 0 1
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 2
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 7 0 1 0
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 3 1 17 12 5 2 0 1 1
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 3 1
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 1 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 0 24 18 6 11 0 1 3
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 3 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 5 19 16 3 9 2 0 1
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 5 1 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 1 1 1
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 1 0 27 18 9 2 0 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 17 14 315 200 115 79 17 18 25

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