1985 VFL Round 4: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1985 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 4 of the 1985 VFL season. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Mark Williams captained the visitors with David Cloke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), L. Baker, P. Bradbury, S. Carey, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, G. Foulds, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, R. Merrett, M. Thompson, P. Vander Haar, K. Walsh, C. Waterson, T. Watson, P. Weston, D. Williams

Collingwood
M. Williams (capt.), D. Cloke (vice-capt.), B. Abernethy, D. Banks, R. Barham, M. Beers, M. Browne, T. Burgess, P. Daicos, R. Dickson, J. Manson, D. Millane, S. Morwood, G. Phillips, G. Raines, M. Richardson, N. Shaw, T. Shaw, G. Smith, B. Taylor

Essendon (13.8.86) defeated Collingwood (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
Essendon: T. Daniher (5), L. Baker (2), P. Bradbury, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, M. Harvey, R. Merrett, K. Walsh
Collingwood: R. Barham (3), M. Richardson (3), B. Abernethy, D. Banks, M. Beers, T. Shaw, G. Smith, B. Taylor

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Collingwood remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 20 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,521

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 13.8.86 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 1 9 . 2 13 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Collingwood 3 . 2 5 . 7 8 . 7 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Bob Rose (Collingwood)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Mark Williams (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), David Cloke (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Cloke COLL 33 3
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 2
Tony Shaw COLL 22 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 3 1 1 0
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 1 0 2 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 5 0 23 18 5 6 0 3 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 2 0 1 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 0 3
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 3 0 1 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 3 0 3 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 4
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 3 16 12 4 8 20 2 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 9 6 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 4 0 4 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 1 7 4
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 0 13 5 8 1 1 3 0
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 3 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 4 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 8 286 203 83 46 32 47 40

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 3 0
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 3 0 1 2
40 Beers, Mark ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 2 4
14 Browne, Murray ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0
20 Burgess, Tony ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 2
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 31 18 13 11 7 7 6
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 3 7
19 Dickson, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 1 0
30 Manson, James ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 1 2 2
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 1 1
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 4 1
3 Phillips, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 6 0 1 5
23 Shaw, Neville ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 1
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 1 28 18 10 8 0 5 5
28 Smith, Greg ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 0
9 Taylor, Brian ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 4 2 2 5
21 Williams, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 3 1 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 10 288 199 89 66 11 43 46

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