1985 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1985 between Essendon and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Essendon (17.10.112) defeated Footscray (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 July 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,270

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 17.10.112 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 1 12 . 4 15 . 8 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Footscray 2 . 5 4 . 6 6 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 46 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Vander Haar ESSE 18 3
Tim Watson ESSE 32 2
Garry Foulds ESSE 10 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 2 18 10 8 3 0 1 5
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 4 10 2 0 1 2
41 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 2 0 1 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 7 0 0 0
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 6 2 13 11 2 1 0 1 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 2 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 3 0 3 1
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 6 17 1 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 5 9 4 4
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 33 19 14 1 0 3 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 4 1 21 17 4 8 2 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 2 3 4
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 1 24 13 11 2 0 2 5
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 4 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 1 23 17 6 2 0 1 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 10 340 204 136 57 30 34 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 1 3
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 4 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 4
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 2 16 10 6 4 0 3 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 3 0 1 2
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 7 0 2 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 3 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 5 1 2 4
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 1
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 0 21 8 13 1 0 1 0
37 Peart, Neil ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 5 1 1 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 5 8 4 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 5 3
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 4 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 10 268 190 78 63 10 41 34

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