1986 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 120.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Elimination Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Glenn Hawker (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alan Ezard (47)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Glenn Hawker

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Terry Daniher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bailey, Dean #42 3 R13, R15-R16 2 0
Baker, Leon #4 20 R01-R02, R06-R22, EF 9 6
Banfield, Peter #16 1 R03 0 0
Bradbury, Peter #36 1 R04 0 0
Carey, Stephen #17 1 R06 0 0
Clark, Steven #12 19 R01-R08, R11-R16, R18-R21, EF 33 1
Clarke, Neil #8 11 R07-R12, R17-R21 2 0
Considine, Ed #37 6 R17-R22 1 0
Daniher, Terry #5 21 R01-R07, R10-R22, EF 24 9
Duckworth, Bill #22 14 R06-R12, R17-R22, EF 14 1
Dunell, Frank #7 21 R01-R05, R07-R16, R18-R22, EF 1 0
Elshaug, Tony #14 20 R02-R11, R14-R22, EF 17 0
Ezard, Alan #15 23 R01-R22, EF 47 10
Flood, David #28 2 R08-R09 2 0
Foulds, Garry #10 22 R01-R07, R09-R22, EF 10 3
Hamilton, Paul #40 11 R09-R10, R12-R20 1 0
Harvey, Mark #38 20 R01-R03, R06-R10, R12-R22, EF 21 0
Hawker, Glenn #33 23 R01-R22, EF 16 15
Heard, Shane #9 15 R04-R17, EF 3 0
Madden, Simon #27 23 R01-R22, EF 25 4
Merrett, Roger #25 22 R01-R08, R10-R22, EF 28 5
Phillips, Brenton #19 10 R02-R03, R05-R09, R13-R15 3 3
Raines, Geoff #6 14 R04-R11, R16-R19, R22, EF 2 0
Richardson, Mike #17 15 R09-R22, EF 14 0
Salmon, Paul #3 21 R01-R07, R10-R22, EF 46 5
Spencer, Trevor #40 12 R01, R03-R06, R08-R14 17 0
Thompson, Mark #26 22 R01-R07, R09-R22, EF 2 6
Thomson, Michael #34 14 R01-R05, R12-R17, R21-R22, EF 4 0
Vander Haar, Paul #18 5 R01-R02, R21-R22, EF 2 3
Walsh, Kevin #30 23 R01-R22, EF 0 0
Walsh, Nick #45 1 R20 0 0
Waterson, Chris #35 5 R01, R05-R06, R08, R22 0 0
Watson, Tim #32 3 R01-R03 0 0
Williams, Darren #13 4 R01-R02, R04-R05 5 1
Winton, Brian #24 3 R03-R04, R08 0 0
Wood, Bryan #2 9 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11 3 2

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)
Sheedy, Kevin 23 12 -0- 11 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1986 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 65 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
05/04/1986 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 97 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
12/04/1986 Round 3 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 8 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
19/04/1986 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 62 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
25/04/1986 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
03/05/1986 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 24 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
10/05/1986 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 40 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
17/05/1986 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 62 Kevin Sheedy unknown
24/05/1986 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 45 Kevin Sheedy unknown
30/05/1986 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 16 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
09/06/1986 Round 11 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 20 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
14/06/1986 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 26 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
21/06/1986 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 12 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
28/06/1986 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 29 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
05/07/1986 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 122 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
13/07/1986 Round 16 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 59 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
20/07/1986 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 25 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
02/08/1986 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 87 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
09/08/1986 Round 19 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 79 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
16/08/1986 Round 20 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 34 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
23/08/1986 Round 21 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 35 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
30/08/1986 Round 22 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 22 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
06/09/1986 Elimination Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher