1985 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1985 between Essendon and Geelong during round nineteen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Tim Watson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (13.11.89) defeated Geelong (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 34,614

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 13.11.89 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 6 . 6 9 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Geelong 3 . 5 4 . 12 6 . 16 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Bolton GEEL 16 3
Tim Watson ESSE 32 2
Greg Williams GEEL 11 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 0 27 18 9 3 0 3 0
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 1 20 5 15 4 0 3 5
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 0 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 4 1 29 23 6 6 0 2 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 6 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 4 0 2 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 1 28 19 9 7 0 1 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 8 0 2 5
23 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 8 12 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 3 3 2 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 0
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 6 0 0 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 1 0 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 2 24 16 8 6 0 1 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 2 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 4 0 2 4
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 2 27 14 13 7 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 370 226 144 91 16 29 34

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 5 15 11 4 9 0 2 2
34 Alderdice, Craig ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 3 2 2 4
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 3 0 1 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 32 16 16 4 0 0 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 0 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 4 15 2 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 4 0 1 2
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 1 0
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 4 22 19 3 7 0 2 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 3 5 2 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 1
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 26 17 9 1 0 3 3
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 2 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 0
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 29 14 15 3 0 5 2
44 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 16 312 205 107 60 22 34 29

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