1985 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1985 between Essendon and Richmond during round one of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Mark Lee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Paul Sproule.

Essendon (21.11.137) defeated Richmond (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 March 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,838

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 21.11.137 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 10 . 9 14 . 9 21 . 11 21 . 11 (137)
Richmond 5 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 8 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin RICH by 4 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Paul Sproule

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
G. Sidebottom

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Vander Haar ESSE 18 3
Tim Watson ESSE 32 2
John Annear RICH 5 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 1 27 20 7 8 0 1 3
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 3 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 5
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 1 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 1 19 17 2 6 1 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 3 1 18 13 5 5 0 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 2
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 9 1 4
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 7 9 3 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 3 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 28 18 10 11 0 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 10 0 4 3
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 4 0 0 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 7 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 11 304 219 85 91 19 27 42

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 1 3 22 15 7 4 0 3 4
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 1 0
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 4 2
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 6 0 0 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
27 Larkins, Trevor ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 1 0 0 1
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 5 18 3 2
38 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 4
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 6 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 1 0 2 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 1 2 1
17 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 7 4 14 12 2 6 1 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 1 2
41 Simpson, David ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 1 5 0
42 Vernon, Daryl ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 1
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 24 9 15 10 0 1 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 12 292 213 79 75 22 41 28

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