1985 VFL Round 21: Sydney v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1985 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 21 of the 1985 VFL season.
Sydney hosted Melbourne at 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
M. Browning (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Bayes, W. Capper, D. Carroll, R. Carter, A. Daniher, J. Duursma, B. Evans, G. Frangalas, C. Holden, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, B. Picken, I. Roberts, M. Roberts, B. Round, A. Sinclair, S. Wright
Melbourne
Gerard Healy (capt.), A. Battiston, C. Connolly, D. Cordner, D. Cox, J. Fidge, T. Fidge, R. Grinter, Greg Healy, D. Hughes, A. Jarrott, A. Johnson, N. Kol, D. Louttit, P. Moore, S. Newport, M. O'Sullivan, R. White, M. Withers, S. Zantuck
Sydney (24.21.165) defeated Melbourne (14.13.97).
Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (7), D. Murphy (3), D. Carroll (2), B. Evans (2), C. Holden (2), T. Morwood (2), D. Ackerly, M. Bayes, J. Duursma, B. Mitchell, I. Roberts, S. Wright
Melbourne: T. Fidge (3), Gerard Healy (2), Greg Healy (2), S. Newport (2), J. Fidge, R. Grinter, A. Johnson, M. O'Sullivan, R. White
As a result of this match, Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the day.
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
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
Coaches:
John Northey
(Sydney),
Ron Barassi
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Mark Browning
(Sydney),
Gerard Healy
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||