1985 VFL Season Round 15: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1985 between Collingwood and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Mark Williams captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Cloke, deputy vice-captain Tony Shaw as vice-captain. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Collingwood (11.12.78) were defeated by Essendon (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 July 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 26,014

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 11.12.78 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 4 . 7 8 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Essendon 4 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 6 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Mark Williams
Vice-Captain: Tony Shaw (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Rich
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kevin Walsh ESSE 30 3
Peter McCormack COLL 6 2
Greg Phillips COLL 3 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 0
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 10 0 0 1
40 Beers, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 2
19 Dickson, Russell ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
51 Doyle, Cameron ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 7 0 0 0
15 Fellowes, Wes ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 9 5 4
30 Manson, James ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 6 2 0 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1
25 McKeown, Ron ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 1
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 2
3 Phillips, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 7 2 4 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 2 0 22 15 7 3 0 4 1
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 0 2 28 15 13 5 0 3 2
22 Shaw, Tony (avc) ? ? 1 0 26 16 10 2 0 3 0
28 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 1 1
41 Sumner, Gordon ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 1
9 Taylor, Brian ? ? 3 4 8 8 0 6 0 2 2
21 Williams, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 1 0 3 2
65 Witts, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 12 298 200 98 74 13 33 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 1 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 2 0 0 6
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 4 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 0 0
37 Harbinson, Merv ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 4 1 17 16 1 4 0 2 4
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 7 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 5 15 6 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 5 8 3 7
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 2 21 12 9 4 0 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 1 3 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 1 2
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 6 0 4 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 2 2 15 8 7 6 0 1 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 1 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 310 211 99 74 24 27 33

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