1985 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1985 between Essendon and Carlton during round six of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Wayne Johnston captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (27.14.176) defeated Carlton (8.19.67).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 4 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,928

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 27.14.176 - 8.19.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 1 11 . 4 19 . 9 27 . 14 27 . 14 (176)
Carlton 3 . 5 4 . 10 5 . 14 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 79 ESSE by 109 ESSE by 109
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Wayne Johnston
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 3
Mark Harvey ESSE 38 2
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 5 0 3 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 0 0 2 5
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 1 17 10 7 7 0 1 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 3 1 29 16 13 5 0 1 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 30 17 13 8 0 1 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 7 0 25 18 7 7 0 0 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 3 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 3 22 12 10 7 14 3 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 5 2 22 15 7 9 1 5 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 5 0 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 2 24 15 9 7 1 1 4
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 7 0 0 3
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 29 19 10 5 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 27 14 373 240 133 87 16 29 41

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 3 0 4 1
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 1 0 1 3
20 Baynes, Rhett ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 4 0 2 2
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 3 2
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 1 0
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 4 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 4 1
24 Hartney, Brendan ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 2 0
12 Howell, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 2
7 Johnston, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 0 2 3
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 4 0 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 9 4 2
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 0
18 Montgomery, Allan ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 0
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 2 3
17 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 1 4
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 0 0 3 2
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 1 0
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 3 23 19 4 1 0 1 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 8 19 278 195 83 46 9 41 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