1985 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 13 April 1985 between Footscray and Geelong during round three of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (26.14.170) defeated Geelong (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 13 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,259

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 26.14.170 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 13 . 5 15 . 10 26 . 14 26 . 14 (170)
Geelong 5 . 0 10 . 3 13 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin GEEL by 3 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 65 FOOT by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams GEEL 11 3
Tony Buhagiar FOOT 21 2
Stephen MacPherson FOOT 27 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 3 12 8 4 4 0 1 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 7 2 10 10 0 9 0 1 1
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 3 19 17 2 3 0 3 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 3
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 3 0 22 19 3 3 0 3 4
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 7 0 2 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 6 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 0
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 6 3 1 2
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 30 21 9 12 0 0 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 6 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 4 1 20 17 3 7 0 3 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 3 11 3 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 2 21 20 1 6 0 1 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 8 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 26 14 317 241 76 80 14 38 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 5 0 3 3
26 Ablett, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 5 0 0 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 1 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 25 21 4 3 0 3 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 11 0 0
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 5 2 9 9 0 5 0 1 3
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 Lenaghan, Michael ? ? 3 0 22 16 6 3 0 0 4
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 2 1 19 9 10 2 0 2 2
36 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 2 26 3 5
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 0 0 2 1
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 0 1
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 3 1 1 0
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 39 17 22 6 0 3 2
38 Zychla, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 9 310 191 119 54 38 25 38

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