1985 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 120.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Hawthorn (Preliminary Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Brad Hardie (22)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Beasley (93)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Doug Hawkins

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jim Edmond

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bamblett, Les #9 24 R01-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF 51 1
Baxter, Darren #35 4 R05-R08 0 0
Baxter, Peter #26 1 R09 0 0
Beasley, Simon #18 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 105 6
Buhagiar, Tony #21 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 36 3
Cordy, Brian #49 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 2 0
Cordy, Graeme #28 3 R07, R09, R15 2 0
Cordy, Neil #29 20 R01-R18, R22, PF 1 0
Daniels, Allen #11 24 R01-R21, QF, SF, PF 17 0
Dunne, Emmett #16 1 R10 0 0
Edmond, Jim #20 22 R02-R07, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 38 0
Egan, Mick #10 5 R01-R04, R08 0 0
Ford, Alister #6 1 R11 0 0
Ford, Michael #45 15 R01-R04, R13-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF 1 0
Foster, Peter #32 20 R01-R04, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 0 0
Groenewegen, Robert #14 17 R01-R06, R08-R09, R11-R12, R14-R16, R20-R21, SF, PF 7 2
Hardie, Brad #4 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 13 22
Hawkins, Doug #7 24 R01-R10, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 7 5
Kellett, Mark #3 8 R17-R22, QF, SF 0 0
Kennedy, Rick #8 17 R01-R13, R22, QF, SF, PF 0 3
MacPherson, Rod #43 10 R05-R06, R09-R12, R15-R16, R19-R20 1 1
MacPherson, Stephen #27 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 39 2
Maylin, Phil #17 17 R05-R08, R11-R16, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 4 0
McLean, Michael #51 23 R01-R11, R13-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 0
Peart, Neil #37 9 R16-R22, QF, PF 5 0
Petraglia, Angelo #38 2 R17-R18 1 0
Purser, Andrew #1 24 R01-R10, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 4
Royal, Brian #33 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 37 15
Sewell, Jim #2 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 14 0
Tzatzaris, Zeno #19 6 R09-R14 0 0
Wallis, Steve #24 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 15
Williams, Ian #5 3 R01, R07-R08 0 0

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)
Malthouse, Mick 25 17 -0- 8 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1985 Round 1 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 30 Mick Malthouse unknown
08/04/1985 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 26 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
13/04/1985 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 65 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
20/04/1985 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 19 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
27/04/1985 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 41 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
05/05/1985 Round 6 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 78 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
11/05/1985 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 50 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
18/05/1985 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 14 Mick Malthouse unknown
25/05/1985 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 19 Mick Malthouse unknown
02/06/1985 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 26 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
08/06/1985 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 21 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
15/06/1985 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 47 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
22/06/1985 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 2 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
29/06/1985 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 22 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
06/07/1985 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 120 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
20/07/1985 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 24 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
27/07/1985 Round 17 Sydney HOME WIN FOO by 26 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
03/08/1985 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 58 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
10/08/1985 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 5 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
17/08/1985 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 5 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
24/08/1985 Round 21 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 45 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
31/08/1985 Round 22 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 18 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
08/09/1985 Qualifying Final Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 93 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
15/09/1985 Semi Final North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 30 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond
21/09/1985 Preliminary Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 10 Mick Malthouse Jim Edmond