1985 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Essendon were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Essendon were the premiers, with Terry Daniher as the premiership captain and Kevin Sheedy as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1985 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park David Parkin
Collingwood Victoria Park Bob Rose
Essendon Windy Hill Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Victoria Park Robert Walls
Footscray Western Oval Mick Malthouse
Geelong Kardinia Park Tom Hafey
Hawthorn Princes Park Allan Jeans
Melbourne MCG Ron Barassi
North Melbourne MCG John Kennedy
Richmond MCG Paul Sproule
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Graeme Gellie
Sydney SCG John Northey

Season Results

Premiers: Essendon
Runners-Up: Hawthorn
Minor Premiers: Essendon

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Essendon 1st 19 -0- 3 76 138.4% 2,755 1,991 409 301 286 275
Footscray 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 120.9% 2,417 2,000 356 281 286 284
Hawthorn 3rd 15 -1- 6 62 130.8% 2,647 2,024 382 355 293 266
Carlton 4th 15 -0- 7 60 115.5% 2,430 2,104 351 324 307 262
North Melbourne 5th 13 -1- 8 54 97.9% 2,379 2,431 342 327 355 301
Geelong 6th 12 -0- 10 48 100.6% 2,277 2,263 329 303 329 289
Collingwood 7th 10 -0- 12 40 100.8% 2,197 2,180 322 265 315 290
Richmond 8th 9 -0- 13 36 91.2% 2,362 2,590 345 292 379 316
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 15 28 93.8% 2,301 2,452 330 321 359 298
Sydney 10th 6 -0- 16 24 94.5% 2,219 2,349 318 311 336 333
Melbourne 11th 6 -0- 16 24 77.8% 1,965 2,527 281 279 367 325
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 19 12 64.7% 1,899 2,937 273 261 426 381

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Essendon 1st Premiers
Hawthorn 2nd Runners-Up
Footscray 3rd Defeated by Hawthorn (Preliminary Final)
North Melbourne 4th Defeated by Footscray (Semi Final)
Carlton 5th Defeated by North Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Geelong 6th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 7th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 8th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 9th Did not qualify for finals
Sydney 10th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 29/03/1985 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 103 - 141 65,628
SAT 30/03/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 112 - 142 27,059
SAT 30/03/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 137 - 120 22,838
SAT 30/03/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn VFL Park 128 - 100 20,776
SAT 30/03/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 128 - 102 20,923
SAT 30/03/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 66 - 176 16,499

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 1 -0- 0 4 266.7% 176 66
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 136.9% 141 103
Geelong 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 128.0% 128 100
Footscray 4th 1 -0- 0 4 126.8% 142 112
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 125.5% 128 102
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 0 4 114.2% 137 120
Richmond 7th 0 -0- 1 0 87.6% 120 137
Fitzroy 8th 0 -0- 1 0 79.7% 102 128
Carlton 9th 0 -0- 1 0 78.9% 112 142
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 78.1% 100 128
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 73.0% 103 141
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 1 0 37.5% 66 176

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/04/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 96 - 119 34,046
SAT 06/04/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 88 - 92 24,113
SAT 06/04/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 29 - 169 18,655
MON 08/04/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Victoria Park 63 - 166 17,093
MON 08/04/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne VFL Park 134 - 108 24,256
MON 08/04/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 170 - 102 17,359

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 2 -0- 0 8 174.0% 268 154
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 165.6% 303 183
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 130.7% 260 199
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 0 8 125.5% 276 220
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 1 4 164.3% 281 171
Hawthorn 6th 1 -0- 1 4 117.4% 270 230
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 1 4 102.3% 224 219
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 84.6% 230 272
Richmond 9th 0 -0- 2 0 90.8% 208 229
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 76.7% 211 275
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 2 0 56.1% 165 294
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 27.5% 95 345

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/03/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn VFL Park 114 - 100 41,694
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 145 - 147 20,398
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 123 - 113 24,707
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 170 - 105 23,259
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 211 - 98 17,753
SUN 14/04/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 120 - 171 10,204

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 147.3% 417 283
Footscray 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 137.2% 446 325
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 122.8% 383 312
Sydney 4th 2 -0- 1 8 119.4% 388 325
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 2 4 134.0% 426 318
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 2 4 128.1% 419 327
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 2 4 107.6% 370 344
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 86.8% 343 395
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 85.2% 358 420
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 2 4 84.6% 329 389
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 2 4 81.2% 336 414
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 34.7% 193 556

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 161 - 89 19,867
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 86 - 82 26,521
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Victoria Park 86 - 103 11,090
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray VFL Park 102 - 83 20,797
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 111 - 72 11,354
SUN 21/04/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 44 - 63 7,860

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 4 -0- 0 16 137.8% 503 365
Footscray 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 123.9% 529 427
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 116.8% 465 398
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 2 8 144.2% 587 407
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 2 8 126.4% 522 413
Hawthorn 6th 2 -0- 2 8 111.6% 433 388
Sydney 7th 2 -0- 2 8 111.3% 432 388
North Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 95.3% 469 492
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 2 8 93.1% 445 478
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 81.6% 422 517
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 3 4 76.0% 418 550
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 4 0 39.7% 265 667

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 121 - 92 53,065
THU 25/04/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy VFL Park 126 - 122 20,480
SAT 27/04/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 105 - 90 23,306
SAT 27/04/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 125 - 84 33,697
SAT 27/04/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 119 - 93 16,484
SAT 27/04/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 149 - 188 17,257

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 4 -0- 1 16 128.0% 654 511
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 119.8% 587 490
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 116.8% 570 488
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 2 12 126.3% 710 562
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 99.3% 566 570
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 3 8 128.6% 679 528
Sydney 7th 2 -0- 3 8 105.9% 522 493
Hawthorn 8th 2 -0- 3 8 101.0% 582 576
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 92.0% 562 611
Geelong 10th 2 -0- 3 8 83.5% 537 643
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 4 4 84.6% 544 643
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 4 4 49.6% 391 789

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 176 - 67 22,928
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Victoria Park 102 - 130 9,894
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 131 - 132 23,815
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 106 - 88 58,733
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 108 - 111 14,665
SUN 05/05/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 161 - 83 9,537

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 1 20 137.0% 763 557
Richmond 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 125.5% 816 650
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 110.8% 658 594
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 2 16 109.7% 737 672
Sydney 5th 3 -0- 3 12 118.6% 683 576
Hawthorn 6th 3 -0- 3 12 105.0% 712 678
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 99.3% 697 702
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 3 12 93.5% 694 742
Geelong 9th 3 -0- 3 12 86.3% 648 751
Carlton 10th 2 -0- 4 8 106.0% 746 704
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 5 4 83.6% 646 773
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 5 4 55.4% 499 900

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 81 - 160 22,964
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 85 - 40 16,785
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 183 - 57 9,762
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 152 - 93 32,125
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 101 - 151 36,260
SUN 12/05/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 83 - 88 12,507

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 2 20 120.7% 856 709
Footscray 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 114.9% 888 773
Hawthorn 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 121.8% 895 735
Richmond 4th 4 -0- 3 16 114.5% 917 801
North Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 3 16 101.3% 846 835
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 3 16 98.0% 739 754
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 3 16 92.7% 733 791
Sydney 8th 3 -0- 4 12 115.4% 766 664
Carlton 9th 3 -0- 4 12 106.0% 834 787
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 4 12 93.6% 737 787
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 5 8 94.4% 806 854
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 6 4 51.3% 556 1,083

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 84 - 67 21,053
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 57 - 46 20,631
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 73 - 87 16,952
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 59 - 75 23,102
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 106 - 54 16,282
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Sydney MCG 74 - 46 14,572

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 6 -0- 2 24 121.2% 931 768
Footscray 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 111.7% 961 860
North Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 104.4% 920 881
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 3 20 99.5% 796 800
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 4 16 118.8% 941 792
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 4 16 111.2% 984 885
Carlton 7th 4 -0- 4 16 107.5% 918 854
Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 100.2% 843 841
Geelong 9th 4 -0- 4 16 91.5% 792 866
Sydney 10th 3 -0- 5 12 110.0% 812 738
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 5 12 96.3% 893 927
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 7 4 51.3% 610 1,189

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 153 - 71 19,985
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 123 - 124 29,455
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 126 - 107 16,687
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 111 - 127 31,397
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 137 - 162 20,348
SUN 26/05/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 89 - 117 12,577

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 7 -0- 2 28 129.2% 1,084 839
North Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 105.5% 1,047 992
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 102.2% 958 937
Hawthorn 4th 5 -0- 4 20 118.7% 1,067 899
Footscray 5th 5 -0- 4 20 108.3% 1,068 986
Carlton 6th 5 -0- 4 20 106.7% 1,042 977
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 4 20 95.2% 909 955
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 5 16 108.2% 1,095 1,012
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 5 16 92.0% 914 994
Sydney 10th 3 -0- 6 12 105.4% 901 855
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 6 12 96.7% 1,016 1,051
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 8 4 55.3% 747 1,351

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 68 - 147 25,394
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Victoria Park 117 - 128 11,397
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 109 - 92 16,764
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong VFL Park 70 - 120 24,849
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 120 - 146 16,736
SUN 02/06/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood MCG 106 - 80 45,411

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 8 -0- 2 32 128.3% 1,230 959
North Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 106.0% 1,175 1,109
Hawthorn 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 125.5% 1,214 967
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 4 24 110.1% 1,174 1,066
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 4 24 100.4% 1,029 1,025
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 4 24 99.5% 1,038 1,043
Carlton 7th 5 -0- 5 20 98.8% 1,110 1,124
Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 5 20 94.2% 1,023 1,086
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 6 16 102.9% 1,165 1,132
Sydney 10th 3 -0- 7 12 103.0% 993 964
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 7 12 96.1% 1,133 1,179
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 9 4 57.9% 867 1,497

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 113 - 71 17,652
SAT 08/06/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 111 - 90 17,538
SAT 08/06/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 101 - 121 31,606
MON 10/06/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 87 - 110 56,255
MON 10/06/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 110 - 141 22,109
MON 10/06/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 113 - 113 39,084

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 9 -0- 2 36 130.4% 1,343 1,030
North Melbourne 2nd 7 -1- 3 30 105.4% 1,288 1,222
Footscray 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 111.2% 1,285 1,156
Hawthorn 4th 6 -1- 4 26 122.9% 1,327 1,080
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 5 24 100.7% 1,220 1,211
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 5 24 97.7% 1,139 1,166
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 5 24 97.6% 1,125 1,153
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 6 20 104.3% 1,286 1,233
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 93.1% 1,124 1,207
Fitzroy 10th 4 -0- 7 16 98.8% 1,274 1,289
Sydney 11th 3 -0- 8 12 98.8% 1,064 1,077
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 10 4 59.5% 957 1,608

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 64 - 101 19,513
SAT 15/06/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne VFL Park 81 - 47 14,668
SAT 15/06/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 86 - 39 20,707
SAT 15/06/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 117 - 88 11,393
SAT 15/06/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 69 - 150 36,851
SUN 16/06/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 159 - 92 7,811

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 2 40 135.9% 1,493 1,099
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 108.0% 1,389 1,286
Footscray 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 114.7% 1,371 1,195
Hawthorn 4th 7 -1- 4 30 123.6% 1,444 1,168
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 6 24 97.1% 1,259 1,297
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 6 24 95.6% 1,227 1,283
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 6 24 94.8% 1,189 1,254
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 7 20 101.4% 1,355 1,336
Richmond 9th 5 -0- 7 20 98.0% 1,355 1,383
Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 7 20 90.9% 1,171 1,288
Sydney 11th 4 -0- 8 16 104.6% 1,223 1,169
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 11 4 59.4% 1,049 1,767

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 139 - 107 13,527
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 85 - 91 16,852
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 140 - 113 18,353
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 81 - 97 16,406
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray VFL Park 75 - 77 22,319
SUN 23/06/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 137 - 60 9,504

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 11 -0- 2 44 134.7% 1,633 1,212
Footscray 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 114.0% 1,448 1,270
Hawthorn 3rd 8 -1- 4 34 123.4% 1,541 1,249
North Melbourne 4th 8 -1- 4 34 107.4% 1,464 1,363
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 6 28 99.6% 1,398 1,404
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 6 28 96.3% 1,318 1,368
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 7 24 94.7% 1,274 1,345
Sydney 8th 5 -0- 8 20 110.7% 1,360 1,229
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 8 20 99.5% 1,468 1,476
Richmond 10th 5 -0- 8 20 93.1% 1,415 1,520
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 8 20 90.4% 1,252 1,385
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 12 4 60.7% 1,156 1,906

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 28/06/1985 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Carlton MCG 75 - 151 32,861
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Victoria Park 95 - 80 9,953
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 124 - 146 19,616
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 101 - 137 48,880
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 85 - 157 29,154
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 81 - 117 14,243

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 12 -0- 2 48 134.8% 1,770 1,313
Footscray 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 114.3% 1,594 1,394
Hawthorn 3rd 8 -1- 5 34 118.5% 1,642 1,386
North Melbourne 4th 8 -1- 5 34 101.7% 1,539 1,514
Carlton 5th 8 -0- 6 32 104.7% 1,549 1,479
Collingwood 6th 7 -0- 7 28 100.1% 1,431 1,430
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 7 28 95.2% 1,442 1,514
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 8 24 100.4% 1,563 1,556
Richmond 9th 6 -0- 8 24 95.7% 1,532 1,601
Sydney 10th 5 -0- 9 20 108.8% 1,440 1,324
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 9 20 86.7% 1,337 1,542
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 13 4 61.1% 1,237 2,023

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 78 - 89 26,014
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 169 - 49 15,328
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 104 - 130 19,813
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 156 - 83 8,694
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 142 - 118 19,794
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne VFL Park 75 - 139 11,829

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 13 -0- 2 52 133.6% 1,859 1,391
Footscray 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 122.2% 1,763 1,443
Hawthorn 3rd 9 -1- 5 38 122.4% 1,798 1,469
North Melbourne 4th 9 -1- 5 38 105.6% 1,678 1,589
Carlton 5th 9 -0- 6 36 106.1% 1,679 1,583
Collingwood 6th 7 -0- 8 28 99.3% 1,509 1,519
Richmond 7th 7 -0- 8 28 97.4% 1,674 1,719
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 8 28 94.0% 1,546 1,644
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 9 24 99.0% 1,681 1,698
Sydney 10th 5 -0- 10 20 102.9% 1,523 1,480
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 10 20 81.0% 1,386 1,711
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 14 4 60.7% 1,312 2,162

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Victoria Park 109 - 118 8,735
SAT 13/07/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 113 - 180 23,522
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne VFL Park 99 - 39 17,920
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 112 - 88 28,270
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 91 - 131 17,686
SUN 21/07/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 123 - 185 12,172

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 14 -0- 2 56 133.3% 1,971 1,479
Footscray 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 119.0% 1,851 1,555
Hawthorn 3rd 10 -1- 5 42 125.0% 1,978 1,582
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 6 40 109.6% 1,778 1,622
North Melbourne 5th 9 -1- 6 38 102.8% 1,769 1,720
Collingwood 6th 8 -0- 8 32 103.2% 1,694 1,642
Geelong 7th 8 -0- 8 32 96.7% 1,677 1,735
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 9 28 94.1% 1,787 1,899
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 10 24 98.6% 1,790 1,816
Sydney 10th 5 -0- 11 20 98.9% 1,646 1,665
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 11 20 78.7% 1,425 1,810
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 14 8 63.0% 1,430 2,271

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 120 - 68 28,777
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 86 - 78 20,336
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 105 - 79 13,026
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 102 - 81 12,765
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy VFL Park 134 - 62 13,197
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 114 - 110 10,787

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 14 -0- 3 56 127.5% 2,039 1,599
Footscray 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 119.7% 1,956 1,634
Hawthorn 3rd 11 -1- 5 46 128.5% 2,112 1,644
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 6 44 112.3% 1,898 1,690
North Melbourne 5th 10 -1- 6 42 102.9% 1,883 1,830
Collingwood 6th 9 -0- 8 36 103.5% 1,780 1,720
Geelong 7th 9 -0- 8 36 98.0% 1,779 1,816
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 10 28 94.0% 1,865 1,985
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 11 24 95.0% 1,852 1,950
Sydney 10th 5 -0- 12 20 97.5% 1,725 1,770
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 12 20 79.8% 1,535 1,924
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 15 8 63.7% 1,511 2,373

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Princes Park 127 - 93 15,717
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 166 - 62 18,741
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Victoria Park 105 - 94 16,286
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond VFL Park 166 - 108 16,205
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 86 - 144 16,421
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 94 - 135 10,911

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 15 -0- 3 60 132.8% 2,205 1,661
Footscray 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 121.8% 2,122 1,742
Hawthorn 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 129.3% 2,247 1,738
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 6 48 113.6% 2,025 1,783
North Melbourne 5th 10 -1- 7 42 97.4% 1,945 1,996
Geelong 6th 10 -0- 8 40 101.1% 1,923 1,902
Collingwood 7th 9 -0- 9 36 102.7% 1,874 1,825
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 11 28 95.7% 1,957 2,044
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 11 28 91.7% 1,973 2,151
Sydney 10th 5 -0- 13 20 95.8% 1,818 1,897
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 78.4% 1,621 2,068
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 16 8 64.0% 1,605 2,508

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong VFL Park 89 - 64 34,614
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Victoria Park 72 - 77 11,022
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 96 - 64 15,822
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 80 - 153 24,225
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 50 - 59 11,779
SUN 11/08/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 94 - 99 9,215

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 16 -0- 3 64 133.0% 2,294 1,725
Footscray 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 121.2% 2,199 1,814
Hawthorn 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 130.0% 2,343 1,802
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 6 52 116.9% 2,178 1,863
North Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 7 46 97.8% 2,044 2,090
Geelong 6th 10 -0- 9 40 99.8% 1,987 1,991
Collingwood 7th 9 -0- 10 36 100.9% 1,938 1,921
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 12 28 95.7% 2,029 2,121
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 12 28 89.1% 2,053 2,304
Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 13 24 79.3% 1,680 2,118
Sydney 11th 5 -0- 14 20 95.8% 1,912 1,996
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 8 64.5% 1,655 2,567

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 87 - 59 16,906
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda VFL Park 120 - 69 15,709
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 43 - 38 21,828
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 91 - 64 12,422
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 97 - 112 22,193
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 116 - 66 7,341

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 17 -0- 3 68 132.1% 2,406 1,822
Footscray 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 121.1% 2,242 1,852
Carlton 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 117.8% 2,265 1,922
Hawthorn 4th 13 -1- 6 54 129.1% 2,381 1,845
North Melbourne 5th 12 -1- 7 50 100.2% 2,160 2,156
Geelong 6th 11 -0- 9 44 101.1% 2,078 2,055
Collingwood 7th 10 -0- 10 40 103.4% 2,058 1,990
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 13 28 94.6% 2,088 2,208
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 13 28 87.6% 2,119 2,420
Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 14 24 79.7% 1,777 2,230
Sydney 11th 5 -0- 15 20 94.7% 1,976 2,087
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 18 8 64.2% 1,724 2,687

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 64 - 109 21,724
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 184 - 91 14,133
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond VFL Park 79 - 111 16,174
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 107 - 84 31,062
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 124 - 116 14,581
SUN 25/08/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 165 - 97 7,942

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 18 -0- 3 72 135.4% 2,590 1,913
Footscray 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 122.7% 2,351 1,916
Hawthorn 3rd 14 -1- 6 58 129.0% 2,488 1,929
Carlton 4th 14 -0- 7 56 115.8% 2,349 2,029
North Melbourne 5th 13 -1- 7 54 100.5% 2,284 2,272
Geelong 6th 11 -0- 10 44 99.6% 2,157 2,166
Collingwood 7th 10 -0- 11 40 101.1% 2,122 2,099
Richmond 8th 8 -0- 13 32 89.2% 2,230 2,499
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 14 28 94.5% 2,204 2,332
Sydney 10th 6 -0- 15 24 98.0% 2,141 2,184
Melbourne 11th 6 -0- 15 24 78.2% 1,874 2,395
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 19 8 63.2% 1,815 2,871

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 81 - 75 37,027
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Victoria Park 97 - 120 9,120
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 159 - 95 16,398
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 132 - 91 17,158
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 84 - 66 14,236
SUN 01/09/1985 2:10 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 78 - 165 12,180

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 19 -0- 3 76 138.4% 2,755 1,991
Footscray 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 120.9% 2,417 2,000
Hawthorn 3rd 15 -1- 6 62 130.8% 2,647 2,024
Carlton 4th 15 -0- 7 60 115.5% 2,430 2,104
North Melbourne 5th 13 -1- 8 54 97.9% 2,379 2,431
Geelong 6th 12 -0- 10 48 100.6% 2,277 2,263
Collingwood 7th 10 -0- 12 40 100.8% 2,197 2,180
Richmond 8th 9 -0- 13 36 91.2% 2,362 2,590
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 15 28 93.8% 2,301 2,452
Sydney 10th 6 -0- 16 24 94.5% 2,219 2,349
Melbourne 11th 6 -0- 16 24 77.8% 1,965 2,527
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 19 12 64.7% 1,899 2,937

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1985 2:30 PM Carlton v North Melbourne VFL Park 107 - 126 49,126

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 08/09/1985 2:30 PM Footscray v Hawthorn MCG 62 - 155 58,367

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1985 2:30 PM Essendon v Hawthorn VFL Park 102 - 62 67,063
SUN 15/09/1985 2:30 PM Footscray v North Melbourne MCG 137 - 107 56,112

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1985 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray VFL Park 109 - 99 55,246

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1985 2:50 PM Essendon v Hawthorn MCG 170 - 92 100,042