1985 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1985 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twenty of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (15.7.97) were defeated by Essendon (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 August 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,193

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 15.7.97 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Essendon 8 . 2 12 . 6 14 . 9 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin ESSE by 37 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
M. Westgarth

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Madden ESSE 27 3
Alan Johnson MELB 9 2
Bill Duckworth ESSE 22 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 1 0 0 0
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 4 2 13 11 2 4 1 2 1
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 9 2 4
44 Fidge, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 0
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 1
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 2 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 1 1 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 5 1 0 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 4 0 2 1
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 3
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 1 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 5 2 5
48 Newport, Stephen ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 0
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 6
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 2 0 15 7 8 0 0 2 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 7 278 195 83 61 18 31 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 5 0 2 1
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 2
41 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 0 2 3
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 2 24 13 11 13 0 2 3
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 0 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 5 1 0 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 4 0 2 4
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 1 0 1 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 8 0 3 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 8 19 5 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 3 14 13 1 5 8 4 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 3 1 3 2
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 4 0 2 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 1 3 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 10 312 212 100 85 30 32 31

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