1985 VFL Qualifying Final: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1985 between Footscray and Hawthorn in the qualifying final of the 1985 VFL season. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Footscray
J. Edmond (capt.), L. Bamblett, S. Beasley, T. Buhagiar, B. Cordy, A. Daniels, M. Ford, P. Foster, B. Hardie, D. Hawkins, M. Kellett, R. Kennedy, S. MacPherson, P. Maylin, M. McLean, N. Peart, A. Purser, B. Royal, J. Sewell, S. Wallis

Hawthorn
Back: R. Greene, C. Mew, G. Ayres
Half-back: P. Schwab, R. Lester-Smith, R. Morris
Centre: P. Russo, T. Wallace, R. DiPierdomenico
Half-forward: J. Kennedy, D. Brereton, G. Buckenara
Forward: L. Matthews (capt.), J. Dunstall, C. Langford
Follower: M. Byrne, R. Handley, R. Loveridge
Int.: R. Eade, C. Robertson

Footscray (8.14.62) were defeated by Hawthorn (22.23.155).

Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Bamblett (2), S. Beasley (2), J. Edmond, S. MacPherson, N. Peart, B. Royal
Hawthorn: J. Dunstall (5), D. Brereton (3), M. Byrne (3), R. DiPierdomenico (2), R. Handley (2), L. Matthews (2), T. Wallace (2), G. Buckenara, J. Kennedy, P. Russo

As a result of this match, Footscray faced North Melbourne in the first semi final and Hawthorn faced Essendon in the second semi final.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 8 September 1985
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,367

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 8.14.62 - 22.23.155

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 3 . 5 6 . 11 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Hawthorn 6 . 5 11 . 11 15 . 16 22 . 23 22 . 23 (155)
Margin HWTH by 26 HWTH by 54 HWTH by 59 HWTH by 93 HWTH by 93
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Jim Edmond (Footscray), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 0 0 0 2
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 2 4 4 0 2 0 2 1
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 1 1
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 3
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 1 4 17 16 1 10 0 1 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 3 0 4 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 13 0 3 2
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 0
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 0
37 Peart, Neil ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 2 1 3
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 19 2 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 3 27 24 3 4 0 1 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 30 25 5 7 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 14 272 203 69 63 21 24 19

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 0 9 3 6 4 0 0 0
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 3 2 23 14 9 11 0 1 2
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFR ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 1 1
21 Byrne, Michael RU ? 3 2 15 9 6 3 3 2 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 2 1 16 14 2 2 0 2 3
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 5 2 13 10 3 5 0 0 0
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 0
29 Greene, Russell BPL ? 0 0 29 11 18 6 0 1 4
37 Handley, Robert RR ? 2 3 21 15 6 5 0 3 1
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 0 3
28 Langford, Chris FPR ? 0 1 20 11 9 9 6 0 1
6 Lester-Smith, Rod CHB ? 0 1 22 16 6 10 0 2 1
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 0 3 33 24 9 2 0 1 0
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPL ? 2 4 19 14 5 4 0 2 1
2 Mew, Chris FB ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
15 Morris, Russell HBFR ? 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 0 1
32 Robertson, Colin INT ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 1 1
4 Russo, Peter WL ? 1 2 28 14 14 6 0 1 2
30 Schwab, Peter HBFL ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 1 1
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 2 0 33 17 16 6 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 23 381 237 144 99 9 19 24

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

Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Greene 2 C. Mew 7 G. Ayres













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



30 P. Schwab 6 R. Lester-Smith 15 R. Morris













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 M. Byrne 26 R. Eade
HALF-FORWARD 37 R. Handley 32 C. Robertson
34 J. Kennedy 23 D. Brereton 11 G. Buckenara 22 R. Loveridge











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 L. Matthews (c) 19 J. Dunstall 28 C. Langford













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans