1985 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of Melbourne for the 1985 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1985 VFL Season
Team:
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 |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.