1985 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1985 between Hawthorn and Footscray in the preliminary final of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Hawthorn (16.13.109) defeated Footscray (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 September 1985
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 55,246

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 16.13.109 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 8 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Footscray 4 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 7 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin FOOT by 8 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 4 1
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 1 4 15 11 4 7 0 1 3
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 1 1 5
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 4 1 10 7 3 5 0 1 2
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 1
29 Greene, Russell HBFL ? 0 0 20 7 13 6 0 0 1
37 Handley, Robert RR ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 2
1 Judge, Ken INT ? 4 1 13 9 4 4 0 1 1
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 2 2 25 13 12 2 1 3 2
24 Knights, Peter HFFR ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
28 Langford, Chris RU ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 7 6 3
6 Lester-Smith, Rod CHB ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 1
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 1 0 26 20 6 6 0 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPL ? 2 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 1
20 McCarthy, Michael FPR ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 1 1 1
2 Mew, Chris FB ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
15 Morris, Russell HBFR ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0
4 Russo, Peter WL ? 1 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 0
30 Schwab, Peter BPL ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 23 15 8 2 0 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 13 288 196 92 65 10 30 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 4
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 1 5 4 1 4 1 0 1
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 1 1
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 6 0 1 2
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 2 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 3
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 4 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 4 0 4 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 28 16 12 9 0 6 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 1
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 2 0 18 9 9 2 0 3 1
37 Peart, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 17 2 4
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 3 0 0 0
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 2 3 14 10 4 7 1 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 9 263 185 78 55 19 31 30

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

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






28 C. Langford 26 R. Eade
20 M. McCarthy 19 J. Dunstall 3 L. Matthews (c) 37 R. Handley 1 K. Judge
FORWARD 22 R. Loveridge

HALF-BACK













24 P. Knights 23 D. Brereton 34 J. Kennedy



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













9 R. DiPierdomenico 16 T. Wallace 4 P. Russo FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













7 G. Ayres 2 C. Mew 30 P. Schwab



BACK



Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse