1985 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1985 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round seven of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne (22.20.152) defeated Essendon (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 32,125

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 22.20.152 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 5 9 . 8 17 . 14 22 . 20 22 . 20 (152)
Essendon 5 . 4 8 . 5 13 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin ESSE by 5 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 59 NMLB by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: John Kennedy

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
P. Carey

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Keith Greig NMLB 27 3
Ross Glendinning NMLB 4 2
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 3 0 0 2
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 4 0 2 3
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 4 1 21 17 4 11 1 3 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 2
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 2
2 Holt, John ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 4 0 0 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 0 1 1 3
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 4 0 1 3
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 6 0 1 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 0
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 3 22 2 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 3 3 14 13 1 5 0 1 3
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 3
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 0
40 Ryan, Brendan ? ? 4 0 13 9 4 7 0 3 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 3 21 14 7 7 0 0 1
5 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 3 3
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 22 20 305 215 90 76 27 20 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 3 18 16 2 6 1 6 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 2 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 1 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 3 19 13 6 3 0 3 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 0 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 1 1
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 4 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 6 17 1 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 3 3 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 1 0 3 0
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 7 0 21 16 5 13 0 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 3 0 1 3
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 9 287 191 96 62 21 32 20

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