1985 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (nine as hosts and two as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1985 VFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 77.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allday, David | #37 | 4 | 1 | R11, R13-14, R22 |
| Bailey, Bret | #24 | 8 | 2 | R04-07, R11, R15-17 |
| Battiston, Adrian | #16 | 22 | 17 | R01-22 |
| Bourke, Daryl | #23 | 9 | 0 | R08, R11-17, R20 |
| Connolly, Chris | #22 | 17 | 2 | R01-11, R16, R18-22 |
| Cordner, David | #28 | 17 | 21 | R01-04, R08-10, R12-14, R16-22 |
| Cox, Darryl | #35 | 8 | 5 | R05-07, R09, R19-22 |
| Dickson, Dale | #29 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Fidge, John | #44 | 16 | 15 | R02-07, R10-13, R16-21 |
| Fidge, Ted | #36 | 15 | 27 | R08-22 |
| Flower, Robert | #2 | 3 | 3 | R02-04 |
| Giles, Peter | #4 | 9 | 3 | R01, R03-07, R09-10, R14 |
| Grinter, Rod | #14 | 11 | 13 | R02, R04-12, R21 |
| Healy, Gerard | #3 | 20 | 15 | R01-14, R17-22 |
| Healy, Greg | #33 | 7 | 7 | R14-15, R18-22 |
| Hughes, Danny | #10 | 22 | 1 | R01-22 |
| Hutchinson, Bret | #42 | 1 | 0 | R15 |
| Icke, Stephen | #11 | 15 | 0 | R01-06, R08-11, R13-16, R18 |
| Jarrott, Alan | #47 | 20 | 7 | R01-03, R06-22 |
| Johnson, Alan | #9 | 13 | 10 | R03-11, R19-22 |
| Kol, Nigel | #38 | 9 | 2 | R13-21 |
| Louttit, Darren | #46 | 11 | 0 | R10-14, R16-21 |
| Moore, Peter | #30 | 16 | 8 | R01-04, R06-09, R15-22 |
| Newport, Stephen | #48 | 12 | 9 | R05, R12-22 |
| O'Sullivan, Michael | #6 | 18 | 4 | R01-08, R10, R12-15, R18-22 |
| Parish, Les | #21 | 7 | 5 | R13-18, R22 |
| Payne, Paul | #43 | 7 | 4 | R03-05, R07, R12-13, R22 |
| Richards, Russell | #20 | 16 | 15 | R01-08, R10-13, R15, R17-19 |
| Rugolo, Francesco | #34 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Rugolo, Joseph | #53 | 2 | 0 | R03, R15 |
| Smith, Steven | #1 | 4 | 0 | R01-02, R05-06 |
| Tanner, Xavier | #25 | 2 | 0 | R08, R13 |
| Templeton, Kelvin | #31 | 5 | 10 | R12-16 |
| White, Robin | #5 | 15 | 1 | R01-07, R09-10, R17-22 |
| Wight, Sean | #27 | 5 | 7 | R08-12 |
| Wilson, Brian | #7 | 17 | 40 | R01-12, R14-17, R22 |
| Withers, Mark | #15 | 15 | 20 | R01-07, R09-12, R19-22 |
| Wright, Rodney | #19 | 9 | 2 | R01-02, R08-09, R11, R15-18 |
| Yeats, Graeme | #8 | 10 | 1 | R01-02, R07-09, R12-14, R16-17 |
| Zantuck, Shane | #32 | 21 | 4 | R01-12, R14-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barassi, Ron | 22 | 6 | -0- | 16 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/03/1985 | Round 1 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | MELB by 26 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 08/04/1985 | Round 2 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 68 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 13/04/1985 | Round 3 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 10 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 20/04/1985 | Round 4 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | MELB by 19 | Ron Barassi | Robert Flower |
| 25/04/1985 | Round 5 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | MELB by 29 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 04/05/1985 | Round 6 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 1 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 11/05/1985 | Round 7 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 45 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 18/05/1985 | Round 8 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | MELB by 52 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 25/05/1985 | Round 9 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 82 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 01/06/1985 | Round 10 | Sydney | HOME | WIN | MELB by 17 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 08/06/1985 | Round 11 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 20 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 15/06/1985 | Round 12 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 34 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 22/06/1985 | Round 13 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 16 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 29/06/1985 | Round 14 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 72 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 06/07/1985 | Round 15 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 120 | Ron Barassi | unknown |
| 20/07/1985 | Round 16 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 60 | Ron Barassi | unknown |
| 27/07/1985 | Round 17 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 4 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 03/08/1985 | Round 18 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 58 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 10/08/1985 | Round 19 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 9 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 17/08/1985 | Round 20 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 15 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 25/08/1985 | Round 21 | Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | SYDN by 68 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |
| 31/08/1985 | Round 22 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 41 | Ron Barassi | Gerard Healy |