1985 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 93.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Paul Roos (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bernie Quinlan (84)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Paul Roos

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Matthew Rendell

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barwick, Doug #11 22 R01-R22 26 2
Blakey, John #54 4 R19-R22 0 0
Burke, Peter #26 14 R01-R02, R05, R08-R14, R16-R19 1 0
Clayton, Scott #40 13 R01-R09, R13-R16 1 0
Conlan, Mick #12 14 R05-R09, R11-R13, R17-R22 17 0
Cooper, Jamie #46 8 R12, R14-R17, R20-R22 0 0
Cross, Andrew #8 19 R01-R08, R10-R17, R20-R22 12 0
Crutchfield, David #48 4 R18-R19, R21-R22 0 0
Gibson, Michael #20 3 R15, R21-R22 0 0
Gotch, Bradley #7 3 R01, R05-R06 0 1
Grimley, Brett #30 3 R03-R05 2 0
Halas, Shane #39 11 R06-R14, R16, R18 11 0
Harris, Bernie #13 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 24 3
Harris, Leon #38 13 R01-R02, R07-R17 5 0
Hinchen, Graeme #15 5 R01-R05 0 0
Keane, Gary #25 13 R05-R10, R16-R22 16 2
Knight, Phillip #36 10 R09-R15, R20-R22 6 0
Lawrie, Grant #34 17 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09-R12, R15-R19, R21-R22 6 0
Lokan, Bill #16 17 R03-R13, R15-R20 10 3
Lyon, Ross #29 5 R18-R22 9 0
McGrath, Craig #35 1 R01 0 0
McIvor, Scott #17 11 R06-R09, R15, R17-R22 1 0
Murphy, Darren #22 4 R02, R06-R07, R16 0 0
Nettlefold, Michael #33 16 R01-R08, R10-R12, R18-R22 5 0
Osborne, Graham #19 11 R01-R06, R14, R17-R20 3 0
Osborne, Richard #44 19 R04-R22 39 6
Parish, Les #27 5 R01-R05 4 0
Pekin, Tim #24 17 R06-R22 5 0
Pert, Gary #3 20 R01-R20 6 3
Quinlan, Bernie #5 22 R01-R22 84 1
Reeves, Michael #28 3 R11, R14-R15 3 0
Rendell, Matthew #9 14 R01-R04, R10-R13, R17-R22 10 2
Roos, Paul #1 22 R01-R22 3 16
Scott, Mark #23 13 R01, R06-R17 12 2
Serafini, Laurie #10 13 R02-R05, R07-R15 0 3
Spassopoulos, Tony #41 1 R03 0 0
Thomas, Grant #2 4 R13-R14, R16-R17 0 0
Thornton, Ross #4 4 R01-R04 0 0
Tilley, Paul #42 4 R02-R05 0 1
Turner, Dean #14 17 R01-R04, R08-R10, R13-R22 9 1

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Walls, Robert 22 7 -0- 15 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1985 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 26 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
08/04/1985 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 103 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
14/04/1985 Round 3 Sydney AWAY WIN FIT by 51 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
20/04/1985 Round 4 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 17 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
25/04/1985 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 4 Robert Walls unknown
04/05/1985 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 28 Robert Walls unknown
11/05/1985 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 79 Robert Walls unknown
18/05/1985 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 14 Robert Walls unknown
25/05/1985 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 1 Robert Walls unknown
01/06/1985 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 11 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
10/06/1985 Round 11 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 31 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
15/06/1985 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 34 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
22/06/1985 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 27 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
29/06/1985 Round 14 Sydney HOME WIN FIT by 15 Robert Walls unknown
06/07/1985 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 24 Robert Walls unknown
13/07/1985 Round 16 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 9 Robert Walls unknown
27/07/1985 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 72 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
03/08/1985 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 11 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
10/08/1985 Round 19 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 5 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
17/08/1985 Round 20 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 28 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
24/08/1985 Round 21 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 8 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell
31/08/1985 Round 22 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 23 Robert Walls Matthew Rendell