1985 VFL Season Round 21: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1985 between Sydney and Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the SCG. Mark Browning captained the hosts. Gerard Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Sydney (24.21.165) defeated Melbourne (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 25 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 7,942

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 24.21.165 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 8 . 10 14 . 15 20 . 17 24 . 21 24 . 21 (165)
Melbourne 2 . 5 5 . 10 10 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin SYDN by 41 SYDN by 59 SYDN by 66 SYDN by 68 SYDN by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Hinton
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tony Morwood SYDN 21 3
Barry Round SYDN 25 2
Alan Jarrott MELB 47 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 4 0 1 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 1 0 0 0
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 0 4 23 15 8 3 0 0 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 7 2 13 11 2 8 0 1 2
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 2 1 23 20 3 8 0 2 4
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 3 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 3 2 1
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 3 0 4 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 2 2 20 13 7 3 0 1 1
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 4 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 2 1 27 19 8 6 0 0 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 4 22 15 7 9 0 1 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 2
14 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 6 0 3 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 6 0 5 1
51 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 7 6 2
55 Sinclair, Anthony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 1 0 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 24 21 339 233 106 83 10 39 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 1 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 2
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 2
44 Fidge, John ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 3 2 20 17 3 6 0 1 3
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 2 2 21 16 5 4 0 2 4
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 1 1 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 34 15 19 3 0 3 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 4 0 1 2
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 1
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 8 1 8
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 4 0 3 3
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 3
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 6 0 2 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 13 265 188 77 57 9 27 39

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