1985 VFL Season Round 22: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1985 between Sydney and Essendon during round twenty-two of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Mark Browning captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney (11.12.78) were defeated by Essendon (24.21.165).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 1 September 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 12,180

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 11.12.78 - 24.21.165

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 4 3 . 7 8 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Essendon 8 . 3 15 . 8 20 . 14 24 . 21 24 . 21 (165)
Margin ESSE by 35 ESSE by 73 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 87 ESSE by 87
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Vander Haar ESSE 18 3
Merv Neagle ESSE 1 2
Simon Madden ESSE 27 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 0
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 2 0 5 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 4 1 10 7 3 5 0 2 5
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 0 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 5 0
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 4 1 3 0
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 7 0 1 2
46 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 0 25 14 11 8 0 3 2
14 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 0
51 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 4 5 1
36 Whitzell, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 2 0 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 12 275 181 94 70 5 42 25

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 0 3
41 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 1 0 4 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 0 21 11 10 8 0 0 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 2 26 11 15 1 0 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 2 19 12 7 5 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 1 4
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 1 28 20 8 6 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 23 12 11 1 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 24 3 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 2 2 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 24 9 15 3 0 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 7 5 15 13 2 9 2 1 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 1 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 8
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 21 13 8 10 0 0 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 1 0 3
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 5 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 24 21 349 213 136 79 29 25 42

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