1985 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1985 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Essendon (25.16.166) defeated North Melbourne (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,741

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 25.16.166 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 9 . 2 18 . 8 21 . 13 25 . 16 25 . 16 (166)
North Melbourne 2 . 2 2 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin ESSE by 42 ESSE by 100 ESSE by 96 ESSE by 104 ESSE by 104
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim Watson ESSE 32 3
Simon Madden ESSE 27 2
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 31 26 5 9 0 2 1
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 2 2
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 3
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 3 1 31 23 8 10 0 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 4 3 18 12 6 6 0 0 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 0 3
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 3 2 22 17 5 8 0 1 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 2 26 16 10 5 0 2 2
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 2 13 8 5 9 18 2 2
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 0 1 11 4 7 4 6 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 5 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 1 2 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 5 1 24 16 8 7 0 1 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 7 0 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 3 1 24 18 6 5 0 3 1
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 25 16 353 240 113 92 25 32 30

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
11 Collins, Jon ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 0
49 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 8 0 0 3
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 1
32 Dwyer, David ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 3 0
21 Furey, Tony ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 2
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 0 3
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 1 1 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 2 1
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 2 3
2 Holt, John ? ? 0 3 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 1 2 11 6 5 1 0 0 4
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 4 0 2 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 2 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 8 7 2 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 4 1 7
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 5 0 5 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0
53 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 14 254 187 67 66 12 29 32

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