1985 VFL Season Round 12: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1985 between Richmond and Essendon during round twelve of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Maurice Rioli captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Sproule and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (10.9.69) were defeated by Essendon (23.12.150).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 June 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,851

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 10.9.69 - 23.12.150

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 3 4 . 3 6 . 6 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Essendon 8 . 5 14 . 6 19 . 9 23 . 12 23 . 12 (150)
Margin ESSE by 44 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 81 ESSE by 81 ESSE by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Maurice Rioli
Coach: Paul Sproule

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
P. Waight

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Foulds ESSE 10 3
Bryan Wood ESSE 2 2
David Palm RICH 6 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Annear, John ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 4
15 Barling, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 8 18 1 2
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 2 1
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 2 3
15 Foley, Dan ? ? 1 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 4
51 Geary, Richard ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 0 1 0
10 Gepp, Tim ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 2 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
30 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 0 0 5 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 5 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 1 3
17 Rioli, Maurice (c) ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 1 0 2 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 3 8 6 2 4 0 1 1
32 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 0 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 2
42 Vernon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 2 1
16 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 4 0
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 9 264 171 93 45 19 31 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 1 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 0
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 2 21 14 7 8 1 3 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 3 1 18 12 6 1 0 1 5
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 0 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 5 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 11 1 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 4
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 8 0 2 2
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 2 2 24 13 11 4 0 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 5 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 3 8 1 2
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 1 4
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 2 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 1 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 12 313 203 110 71 21 27 31

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