1985 VFL Season Round 17: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1985 between Carlton and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Wayne Johnston captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Carlton (18.12.120) defeated Essendon (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 July 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 28,777

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 18.12.120 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 3 11 . 6 16 . 9 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin level CARL by 31 CARL by 51 CARL by 52 CARL by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Wayne Johnston
Coach: David Parkin

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Justin Madden CARL 44 3
Wayne Harmes CARL 37 2
Stephen Silvagni CARL 1 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 1
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 3 1 18 10 8 2 0 2 3
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 2 1
27 English, Des ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 2 0 0 2
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 4 1 20 13 7 7 0 2 2
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 3 2 16 14 2 3 0 4 0
7 Johnston, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 1 6
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 1 0 4 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 3 0 1 3
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 10 14 4 4
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 1
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 5 0 1 1
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 2 0 4 4
17 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 0
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 1 24 12 12 6 0 4 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 2 4
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 5 0 0 0
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 12 307 211 96 66 16 35 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 4 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 3 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 0
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 2 4
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 26 22 4 4 0 1 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 2 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 0 2 4
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 6 0 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 1 0 2 3
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 3 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 2
29 Pirrie, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 4 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 8 3 3
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 7 0 5 3
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 6 10 4 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 8 295 199 96 53 8 39 35

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