1985 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1985 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round two of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (20.14.134) defeated North Melbourne (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 8 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 24,256

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.14.134 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 9 . 5 14 . 10 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
North Melbourne 8 . 2 9 . 3 12 . 4 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin NMLB by 43 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
G. James

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steve Wallis FOOT 24 3
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 2
Tony Buhagiar FOOT 21 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 2 1 1 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 1 8 8 0 5 0 1 0
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 4 0 2 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 3 0 26 23 3 3 1 2 2
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 3 3 19 15 4 8 0 2 5
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 3
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 2
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 2 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 2 5 2 6
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 0 2 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 4 0 0 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 15 1 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 2 24 22 2 5 0 2 3
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 8 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 14 259 208 51 61 22 27 37

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Collins, Jon ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1
32 Dwyer, David ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 4 0 2 1
21 Furey, Tony ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 6 0 1 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 2 1 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 1 0 2
23 Harrington, Tim ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 1 0 0
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2
2 Holt, John ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 2 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 3 0 1 0
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 4 0 0 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 3 2 17 12 5 8 0 4 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 2 28 19 9 3 0 1 2
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 4 3
26 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 2 7 4 3 1 2 0 2
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 15 5 2
31 McGuire, Kevin ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 3 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 3 0 5 1
5 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 4 0 5 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 12 259 189 70 56 21 37 27

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