1986 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1986 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eight of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Melbourne (20.12.132) defeated Footscray (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 17 May 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,360

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 20.12.132 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 11 . 6 16 . 7 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Footscray 3 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 36 MELB by 41 MELB by 52 MELB by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Russell Richards MELB 20 3
Brad Hardie FOOT 4 2
David Allday MELB 37 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 12 1 2
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 1 0 1 3
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 0 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 0 2 0
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 1 0 29 23 6 4 0 3 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 0 1 2 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 4 0 11 9 2 2 1 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 1 2 4
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 0
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 5 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 3 1 3 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 5 10 9 1 7 1 0 3
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 3
39 Nichols, Jeremy ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 0
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 3 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 1 0 1 3
5 White, Robin ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 12 283 217 66 58 17 27 32

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1
26 Baxter, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 0 0 0 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 3 6 6 0 3 0 1 2
12 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 0
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 6 3 1 0
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 1 33 24 9 8 0 4 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 2
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 1 3 0
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 1 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 3 9 8 1 1 0 0 1
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 2 2
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 1 0 2 2
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 5 0 0 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 22 5 0
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 1 2 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 2 3
39 Saunders, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 32 20 12 9 0 6 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 277 192 85 55 27 34 27

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