1985 VFL Season Round 22: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1985 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twenty-two of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Matthew Rendell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (14.13.97) were defeated by Geelong (17.18.120).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 31 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 9,120

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 14.13.97 - 17.18.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 0 7 . 5 10 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 5 11 . 12 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Margin FITZ by 5 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: Robert Walls

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
M. Westgarth

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams GEEL 11 3
Damian Bourke GEEL 30 2
David Bolton GEEL 16 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 0 1
54 Blakey, John ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 2 0 1 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 4 4 13 13 0 2 0 2 1
46 Cooper, Jamie ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 1 1 0
8 Cross, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 2
48 Crutchfield, David ? ? 0 1 17 6 11 1 4 0 1
20 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 2
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 7 0 0 0
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 6 0 1 2
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 1 1 0
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 0 1 21 7 14 6 0 3 4
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 4 2
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 1 23 15 8 4 0 1 1
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 5 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 2 15 13 2 2 4 0 2
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 1 1 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 11 1 0 4
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 1 0 35 23 12 8 0 5 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 13 313 194 119 66 12 30 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 5 3 15 12 3 6 0 1 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 3 0 31 21 10 0 0 1 5
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 1 0 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 26 2 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 2 22 19 3 10 1 1 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 1 0 0 4
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 0
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 19 6 13 2 0 0 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 1
49 Hoiles, John ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 2 0 2 2
45 Morphett, Scott ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 2 34 17 17 2 0 1 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 1 12 5 7 5 0 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 4 0 2 1
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 41 13 28 5 0 5 3
44 Williams, Shane ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 3 0 3 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 1 19 9 10 3 1 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 18 350 212 138 54 28 27 30

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