1985 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1985 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nine of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Gerard Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (23.15.153) defeated Melbourne (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,985

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 23.15.153 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 3 12 . 8 20 . 12 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 10 5 . 14 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin ESSE by 28 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 88 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
P. Waight

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim Watson ESSE 32 3
Simon Madden ESSE 27 2
Mark Thompson ESSE 26 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 0 1 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 5 0 3 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 1 14 12 2 10 0 0 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 0
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 2 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 0 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 7 0 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 2 21 13 8 12 13 4 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 0 18 13 5 2 5 8 7
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 9 14 7 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 3 12 12 0 7 1 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 2 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 29 21 8 5 0 2 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 8 0 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 2 0 0 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 6 0 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 23 15 331 215 116 89 19 24 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 3 0 2 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 1 2
28 Cordner, David ? ? 2 3 11 8 3 4 0 0 0
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 1 1 19 19 0 2 0 3 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 1 2 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 1 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 12 2 4
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 3 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 4 0
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 4 11 1 0 0 0
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 0 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 1 0
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 2 3
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 9 17 275 194 81 46 13 26 24

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