1985 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 13-1-8, P%: 97.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Footscray (Semi Final)
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Matthew Larkin (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Phil Krakouer (33)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Matthew Larkin

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Wayne Schimmelbusch

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arceri, Mark #48 8 R15, R18-R22, EF, SF 7 0
Berry, Bill #34 1 R19 0 0
Collins, Jon #11 6 R01-R02, R17-R20 0 0
Crocker, Darren #49 13 R11-R13, R15-R22, EF, SF 8 0
Demetriou, Andrew #28 17 R06-R14, R16-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF 12 0
Dugdale, Dean #10 1 R01 0 0
Dwyer, David #32 9 R01-R04, R18, R20-R21, EF, SF 8 0
Fairley, Ian #6 5 R14-R15, R22, EF, SF 4 0
Furey, Tony #21 10 R01-R04, R17-R22 6 0
German, Peter #29 17 R05-R21 24 9
Glendinning, Ross #4 22 R01-R12, R15-R22, EF, SF 32 7
Greig, Keith #27 21 R01-R10, R13-R20, R22, EF, SF 2 6
Harrington, Tim #23 8 R01-R02, R11-R16 1 2
Hickey, Steve #24 13 R01-R08, R10-R11, R19, R21-R22 0 0
Hodgeman, Kym #17 17 R01, R08-R12, R14-R22, EF, SF 18 0
Holt, John #2 21 R01-R10, R12-R15, R17-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF 17 2
Jonas, Peter #45 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 31 2
Kelly, Phil #14 1 R14 1 0
Koop, Doug #47 2 R11-R12 2 0
Krakouer, Jim #3 18 R01-R17, SF 29 14
Krakouer, Phil #8 22 R01-R14, R17-R22, EF, SF 35 4
Larkin, Matthew #9 23 R01-R17, R19-R22, EF, SF 32 15
Law, John #13 23 R01-R21, EF, SF 1 0
Lewis, Rod #26 1 R02 1 0
Lisle, Mark #1 15 R01-R14, R16 1 1
McCann, Stephen #16 21 R01, R04-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF 30 0
McDonald, Donald #25 21 R03-R13, R15-R22, EF, SF 24 4
McGuire, Kevin #31 5 R01-R03, R05, R13 1 0
Norman, Rick #35 1 R01 0 0
Passmore, Michael #37 19 R01, R03-R17, R21-R22, EF 0 0
Ramsay, Roy #30 19 R06-R22, EF, SF 3 1
Robertson, Rohan #12 3 R03-R05 0 0
Robertson, Shane #33 4 R03-R06 1 0
Ryan, Brendan #40 11 R06-R16 15 0
Schimmelbusch, Wayne #20 15 R02-R07, R09-R10, R13-R16, R19, R22, EF 20 0
Smith, Peter #5 8 R02-R09 0 0
Smith, Ross #15 21 R02-R05, R07-R14, R16-R22, EF, SF 6 0
Spargo, Paul #56 1 SF 1 0
Steele, Darren #7 10 R02, R15-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 5 1
Stevenson, Jamie #53 3 R18-R20 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)
Kennedy, John 24 14 -1- 9 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1985 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 38 John Kennedy unknown
08/04/1985 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 26 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
13/04/1985 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 2 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
20/04/1985 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 39 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
27/04/1985 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 26 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
04/05/1985 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 1 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
11/05/1985 Round 7 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 59 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
18/05/1985 Round 8 Sydney HOME WIN NOR by 28 John Kennedy unknown
25/05/1985 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 16 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
01/06/1985 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 11 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
10/06/1985 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME DRAW drawn John Kennedy unknown
15/06/1985 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY WIN NOR by 37 John Kennedy unknown
22/06/1985 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 2 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
28/06/1985 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 76 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
06/07/1985 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 64 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
20/07/1985 Round 16 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 40 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
27/07/1985 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 4 John Kennedy unknown
03/08/1985 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 104 John Kennedy unknown
11/08/1985 Round 19 Sydney AWAY WIN NOR by 5 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
17/08/1985 Round 20 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 50 John Kennedy unknown
24/08/1985 Round 21 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 8 John Kennedy unknown
31/08/1985 Round 22 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 64 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
07/09/1985 Elimination Final Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 19 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
15/09/1985 Semi Final Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 30 John Kennedy unknown