1986 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing ten matches there (nine as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1986 VFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 74.9)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allday, David | #37 | 11 | 3 | R04, R08-10, R14-20 |
| Bailey, Bret | #24 | 10 | 2 | R01-07, R13, R16-17 |
| Battiston, Adrian | #16 | 19 | 16 | R01-10, R12-15, R18-22 |
| Bourke, Daryl | #23 | 9 | 0 | R01-07, R21-22 |
| Campbell, Tony | #40 | 12 | 5 | R02, R08-09, R11-17, R20, R22 |
| Connolly, Chris | #22 | 12 | 5 | R04-06, R08-09, R16-22 |
| Cordner, David | #28 | 9 | 3 | R08, R12, R15-16, R18-22 |
| Cox, Darryl | #35 | 2 | 1 | R01-02 |
| Dale, Andrew | #59 | 2 | 0 | R16-17 |
| Dickson, Dale | #29 | 9 | 4 | R04, R08-15 |
| Eishold, Simon | #25 | 5 | 3 | R04, R07-10 |
| Fidge, John | #44 | 4 | 12 | R11-12, R14-15 |
| Fidge, Ted | #36 | 8 | 15 | R01-03, R08-11, R20 |
| Flower, Robert | #2 | 16 | 15 | R01, R03-10, R15, R17-22 |
| Gandini, Len | #43 | 5 | 1 | R18-22 |
| Giles, Peter | #4 | 1 | 1 | R11 |
| Grinter, Rod | #14 | 11 | 9 | R01-03, R06-07, R12-17 |
| Healy, Greg | #33 | 17 | 35 | R04-07, R10-22 |
| Hughes, Danny | #10 | 15 | 6 | R01-13, R18-19 |
| Jackson, Ricky | #45 | 2 | 0 | R16-17 |
| Jarrott, Alan | #47 | 18 | 11 | R05-22 |
| Johnson, Alan | #9 | 10 | 9 | R01-03, R05-06, R12, R17-20 |
| Kol, Nigel | #38 | 17 | 9 | R01-15, R17-18 |
| Louttit, Darren | #46 | 2 | 1 | R04-05 |
| Lovett, Brett | #50 | 8 | 0 | R14, R16-22 |
| Lyon, Garry | #3 | 20 | 26 | R01-10, R12-21 |
| Moore, Peter | #30 | 16 | 15 | R01-03, R05-15, R21-22 |
| Newport, Stephen | #34 | 18 | 13 | R01-16, R21-22 |
| Nichols, Jeremy | #39 | 4 | 2 | R08-09, R11-12 |
| O'Sullivan, Michael | #6 | 5 | 0 | R06, R13-16 |
| Payne, Paul | #43, #19 | 15 | 0 | R03, R06-14, R17-19, R21-22 |
| Reynolds, Michael | #21 | 6 | 9 | R01, R03-07 |
| Richards, Russell | #20 | 20 | 13 | R01-13, R15-16, R18-22 |
| Rugolo, Francesco | #17 | 2 | 4 | R07, R19 |
| Rugolo, Joseph | #26 | 4 | 0 | R01-03, R05 |
| Sizer, Greg | #57 | 1 | 1 | R22 |
| Stretch, Steven | #18 | 18 | 4 | R01-05, R10-22 |
| Turner, Steve | #41 | 17 | 7 | R01-07, R09-11, R16-22 |
| White, Robin | #5 | 9 | 1 | R08-11, R18-22 |
| Wight, Sean | #27 | 6 | 0 | R11-16 |
| Williams, David | #12 | 5 | 14 | R10, R18, R20-22 |
| Wilson, Brian | #7 | 12 | 5 | R01-04, R13-17, R19-21 |
| Withers, Mark | #15 | 12 | 3 | R03-11, R13-14, R17 |
| Wright, Rodney | #19 | 2 | 0 | R02, R07 |
| Yeats, Graeme | #8 | 5 | 0 | R11-15 |
| Zantuck, Shane | #32 | 9 | 3 | R01-02, R16-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northey, John | 22 | 7 | -0- | 15 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/03/1986 | Round 1 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 10 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 05/04/1986 | Round 2 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | MELB by 28 | John Northey | Peter Moore |
| 12/04/1986 | Round 3 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 16 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 19/04/1986 | Round 4 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 62 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 25/04/1986 | Round 5 | Sydney | HOME | LOSS | SYDN by 9 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 03/05/1986 | Round 6 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 38 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 10/05/1986 | Round 7 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 31 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 17/05/1986 | Round 8 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | MELB by 52 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 24/05/1986 | Round 9 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 35 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 31/05/1986 | Round 10 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 116 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 07/06/1986 | Round 11 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 85 | John Northey | Peter Moore |
| 14/06/1986 | Round 12 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 9 | John Northey | Peter Moore |
| 21/06/1986 | Round 13 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 52 | John Northey | Peter Moore |
| 28/06/1986 | Round 14 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | MELB by 44 | John Northey | Peter Moore |
| 05/07/1986 | Round 15 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 122 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 12/07/1986 | Round 16 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 67 | John Northey | unknown |
| 27/07/1986 | Round 17 | Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | SYDN by 124 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 02/08/1986 | Round 18 | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 13 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 09/08/1986 | Round 19 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | MELB by 7 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 16/08/1986 | Round 20 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 57 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 23/08/1986 | Round 21 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | MELB by 85 | John Northey | Robert Flower |
| 30/08/1986 | Round 22 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 86 | John Northey | Robert Flower |