1986 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1986 between Melbourne and Geelong during round nineteen of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Melbourne (18.19.127) defeated Geelong (17.18.120).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 August 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,635

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.19.127 - 17.18.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 10 13 . 13 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Geelong 4 . 2 10 . 10 13 . 16 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Margin GEEL by 8 GEEL by 36 GEEL by 3 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore
G. Sidebottom

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Lyon MELB 3 3
Damian Bourke GEEL 30 2
Brian Wilson MELB 7 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 1 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 2 0 1 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 1 26 22 4 1 0 2 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 6 0 0 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 4 0 0 1
43 Gandini, Len ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 4 0 1 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 0 30 19 11 4 0 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 1 0 4 2
50 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 0 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 7 3 16 13 3 5 0 4 0
19 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 1 1 2 2
17 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 3 3 16 11 5 3 0 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 0
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 3 1 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 4 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 2 0 3 0
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 19 298 197 101 49 6 27 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 6 15 13 2 6 0 2 0
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 2 1 24 13 11 4 0 2 5
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 24 1 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 3
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 1 1
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 3
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 4 0 1 1
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 1
49 Fitzgerald, John ? ? 2 2 10 4 6 3 0 3 0
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 1 1 21 9 12 3 0 3 1
32 Lenaghan, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 1
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 2 1 16 6 10 2 0 2 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 3 1 10 6 4 4 4 1 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 0 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0
50 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
52 Whyte, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 6 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 18 277 168 109 59 28 23 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