1985 VFL Season Round 22: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1985 between Richmond and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Maurice Rioli captained the hosts. Gerard Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Sproule and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (20.12.132) defeated Melbourne (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,158

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 20.12.132 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 4 14 . 7 15 . 8 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 7 7 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin RICH by 30 RICH by 66 RICH by 46 RICH by 41 RICH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurice Rioli
Coach: Paul Sproule

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Maurice Rioli RICH 17 3
Alan Jarrott MELB 47 2
Michael Pickering RICH 35 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 3 1 25 17 8 4 0 1 3
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 3
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 6 0 1 1
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 4 0 2 2
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 1
51 Geary, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 1
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 0 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 6 2 11 10 1 6 0 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 3 1 12 6 6 6 1 0 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 3 1
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 3 2 15 10 5 3 0 1 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 2 2 14 8 6 9 0 1 3
17 Rioli, Maurice (c) ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 1 0 2 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 6 0 0 2
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 9 7 1 3
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 2
12 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 0
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 1 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 12 298 207 91 77 8 24 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 17 1 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 1 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 3 2 21 18 3 11 0 1 4
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 0 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 2 3 3 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 2 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 6 1 1 2
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 1
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 0 1
21 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 1 0
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 4 0 2 3
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 2 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 13 302 200 102 62 21 27 24

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