1985 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1985 between Footscray and Essendon during round five of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray (18.17.125) defeated Essendon (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 33,697

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 18.17.125 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 7 . 11 14 . 13 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 8 6 . 11 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin ESSE by 5 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 50 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steve Wallis FOOT 24 3
Brian Royal FOOT 33 2
Rick Kennedy FOOT 8 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 4 2 10 8 2 3 0 0 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 2
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 4 9 8 1 8 0 2 1
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 3 15 11 4 1 0 1 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 2
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 8 0 1 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 0
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 4 0 0 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 3
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 3
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 4 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 0 0 4 1
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 4
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 6 10 4 4
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 4 0 3 3
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 10 0 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 8 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 17 272 223 49 81 10 34 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 4 0 1 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 4
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 0 24 18 6 5 0 4 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 3 9 4 5 1 0 0 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 5 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 0 0 4 2
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 6 0 1 5
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 10 10 1 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 4 4 3 5
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 1 31 20 11 2 0 2 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 1 0 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 2
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 3 0 1 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 7 1 0 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 2 21 15 6 3 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 18 310 222 88 71 16 29 34

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