1985 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1985 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round two of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Matthew Rendell captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy (8.15.63) were defeated by Essendon (24.22.166).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Monday 8 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 17,093

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 8.15.63 - 24.22.166

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 4 1 . 9 6 . 12 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Essendon 4 . 3 12 . 11 18 . 15 24 . 22 24 . 22 (166)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 68 ESSE by 75 ESSE by 103 ESSE by 103
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: Robert Walls

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 3
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 2
Bryan Wood ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
26 Burke, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 0 2
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 4 3
8 Cross, Andrew ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 5 0 1 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 4 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 0
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 0
22 Murphy, Darren ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 4 3
19 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 3 0 0 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 4 2 1 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 5 0 0 1
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 3 13 9 4 3 4 3 4
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 0 1 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 2 0 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
42 Tilley, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 7 2 4
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 2 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 15 251 185 66 42 15 29 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 10 0 1 3
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 3 0 2 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 4 0 1 0
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 2 20 8 12 5 0 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 5 0 24 20 4 6 0 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 0 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 2 31 15 16 5 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 1
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 3 17 12 5 9 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 5 11 6 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 11 2 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 2 12 10 2 3 3 0 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 2 2 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 4 16 10 6 1 0 2 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 8 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 22 322 214 108 78 27 26 29

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