1985 VFL Season Grand Final: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 1985 between Essendon and Hawthorn in the grand final of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (26.14.170) defeated Hawthorn (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 28 September 1985
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,042

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 26.14.170 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 11 . 9 15 . 11 26 . 14 26 . 14 (170)
Hawthorn 5 . 1 9 . 3 11 . 5 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 78 ESSE by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
I. Robinson

Goal Umpires

K. Andrews
A. Sinclair

Boundary Umpires

L. Paterson
C. Sporton

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Simon Madden ESSE 27 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 7 0 5 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 0 0 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 5 0 4 3
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 4 0 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 3 16 14 2 5 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 0 3
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 4 0 15 14 1 6 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 14 22 3 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 5 0 18 16 2 11 4 1 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 6 4 11 10 1 9 1 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 3 0 5 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 4 0 1 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 26 14 311 234 77 92 27 32 35

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 2
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 8 1 14 10 4 9 0 2 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 1 0 18 8 10 5 0 3 1
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 1
29 Greene, Russell HBFL ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
37 Handley, Robert RR ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 2
1 Judge, Ken HFFR ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 1
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 0 2 9 6 3 0 0 2 2
28 Langford, Chris RU ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 1 2 5
6 Lester-Smith, Rod CHB ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 1 4 3
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 1 0 17 15 2 2 0 2 3
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPL ? 1 1 14 11 3 5 0 1 3
20 McCarthy, Michael FPR ? 1 0 13 5 8 2 3 2 0
2 Mew, Chris FB ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 3 1
15 Morris, Russell HBFR ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 3 1
8 O'Halloran, David INT ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 1
4 Russo, Peter WL ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 0
30 Schwab, Peter BPL ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 0
17 Tuck, Michael INT ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 1 1 1
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 8 251 175 76 55 6 35 32

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 P. Schwab 2 C. Mew 7 G. Ayres













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



29 R. Greene 6 R. Lester-Smith 15 R. Morris













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 P. Russo 16 T. Wallace 9 R. DiPierdomenico









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 C. Langford 8 D. O'Halloran
HALF-FORWARD 37 R. Handley 17 M. Tuck
34 J. Kennedy 23 D. Brereton 1 K. Judge 22 R. Loveridge











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 L. Matthews (c) 19 J. Dunstall 20 M. McCarthy













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans