1986 VFL Round 2: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1986 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round 2 of the 1986 VFL season. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at MCG. Peter Moore captained the hosts. Trevor Barker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Graeme Gellie.

Melbourne
P. Moore (capt.), B. Bailey, A. Battiston, D. Bourke, T. Campbell, D. Cox, T. Fidge, R. Grinter, D. Hughes, A. Johnson, N. Kol, G. Lyon, S. Newport, R. Richards, J. Rugolo, S. Stretch, S. Turner, B. Wilson, R. Wright, S. Zantuck

St Kilda
T. Barker (capt.), P. Brown, G. Burns, P. Cronan, G. Cunningham, R. Elphinstone, A. Ford, S. Foschini, D. Frawley, M. Gamble, B. Gotch, D. Grant, W. Jones, R. Kink, A. Manning, P. McConville, P. Narkle, G. Odgers, J. Peter-Budge, D. Wittey

Melbourne (21.10.136) defeated St Kilda (16.12.108).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Battiston (4), T. Fidge (3), A. Johnson (3), R. Grinter (2), S. Newport (2), R. Richards (2), S. Turner (2), D. Cox, P. Moore, B. Wilson
St Kilda: D. Grant (5), A. Manning (3), P. Cronan (2), B. Gotch (2), T. Barker, G. Cunningham, R. Kink, P. Narkle

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and St Kilda were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 5 April 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,801

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 21.10.136 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 10 . 7 16 . 9 21 . 10 21 . 10 (136)
St Kilda 4 . 2 10 . 2 14 . 7 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 5 MELB by 14 MELB by 28 MELB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Graeme Gellie (St Kilda)
Captains: Peter Moore (Melbourne), Trevor Barker (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Moore MELB 30 3
Alan Johnson MELB 9 2
Phil Cronan STKL 3 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 2 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 4 1 26 20 6 3 0 5 1
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 3 3 16 10 6 5 0 2 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 1 0 0 3
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 1 1 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 3 3 20 15 5 4 0 1 0
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 1 1
30 Moore, Peter (c) ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 8 17 4 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
26 Rugolo, Joseph ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 0 0 1
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 2 6 2 4
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 3 0 0 3
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 3 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 10 268 196 72 59 24 24 27

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor (c) ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 6 1 2 3
36 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 1 2
3 Cronan, Phil ? ? 2 3 24 17 7 4 0 2 4
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 1 0 23 11 12 4 0 1 0
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 4 1
31 Ford, Alister ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
24 Frawley, Danny ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 1 1
37 Gamble, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 0
16 Gotch, Brad ? ? 2 3 24 17 7 6 0 1 1
35 Grant, David ? ? 5 1 10 7 3 6 0 2 0
10 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 19 2 2
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 3 17 12 5 6 0 0 0
18 Manning, Andrew ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 2
12 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 1
8 Narkle, Phil ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 0 0 3 2
29 Odgers, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 3 3
22 Peter-Budge, John ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 0 0 0 1
21 Wittey, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 12 288 198 90 77 20 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