1985 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1985 between Essendon and Sydney during round eleven of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Mark Browning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (17.11.113) defeated Sydney (11.5.71).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 8 June 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,652

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 17.11.113 - 11.5.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 9 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Sydney 1 . 2 4 . 2 9 . 3 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 42 ESSE by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Merv Neagle ESSE 1 3
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 2
Gary Frangalas SYDN 16 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 3 0 0 3
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 3 17 9 8 8 0 0 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 0 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 2
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 3 24 18 6 12 0 2 5
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 26 17 9 5 0 0 5
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 0 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 17 6 11 5 9 1 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 39 22 17 4 0 1 4
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 24 9 15 0 0 3 2
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 7 1 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 4 13 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 0 0 1 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 3 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 11 346 204 142 71 23 19 37

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 27 20 7 2 0 5 1
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 6 1 2 1
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 1 0 0 0
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 2
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 1 0 4 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 1 0 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 5 23 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 4 0 2 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 5 0 1 0
14 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 5 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 0 3
51 Roberts, Mark ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 2 3 0 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 0 0 7 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 5 282 182 100 50 28 37 19

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