1985 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1985 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Footscray (11.7.73) were defeated by Fitzroy (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,952

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.7.73 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 1 6 . 3 8 . 7 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Fitzroy 4 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin FITZ by 4 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
G. Morrow

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Roos FITZ 1 3
Gary Keane FITZ 25 2
Dean Turner FITZ 14 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 4 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 3
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 1
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 3 0 3 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 2
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 3 0 2 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 5 4 3
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 6 0 5 1
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 4 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 0
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 5 20 5 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 6
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 33 23 10 6 0 4 2
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 7 279 206 73 52 25 43 30

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 2 2 22 20 2 6 0 2 3
26 Burke, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
8 Cross, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 3
39 Halas, Shane ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 3
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 4
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 3 0 2 1
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 1 2 21 13 8 8 1 3 1
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 3 0 0 1
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 2
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 3 0 0 5
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 2
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 5 0 0 4
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 7 1 6 1
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 8 2 6
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 3 3 1
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 1 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 15 274 212 62 58 13 30 43

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