1985 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1985 between Footscray and North Melbourne in the first semi final of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray "hosted" North Melbourne at the MCG. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (19.23.137) defeated North Melbourne (16.11.107).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 15 September 1985
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 56,112

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.23.137 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 9 . 8 14 . 16 19 . 23 19 . 23 (137)
North Melbourne 4 . 3 9 . 5 11 . 9 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin NMLB by 8 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 4 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 7 1 9 8 1 7 0 1 3
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 2 0 3 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 1 2
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 2 1 21 19 2 10 0 1 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 5 0 0 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 4
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 4 1 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 5 0 2 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 2 38 25 13 11 0 4 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 1 0 2 1
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 2 28 20 8 4 0 4 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 0 0 2 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 23 1 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 5 3 21 17 4 6 0 2 4
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 4 19 9 10 7 0 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 32 24 8 10 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 23 327 235 92 87 27 26 28

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 0 3 4
49 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 4 0 0 1
32 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 8 0 2 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 0
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 1
2 Holt, John ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 2 0 3 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 3 0 21 17 4 5 0 3 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 3
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 5 0 2 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 0 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 6 1 2 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 10 8 3 1
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 4 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 1
56 Spargo, Paul ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 4 0 2 0
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 11 284 206 78 82 9 28 26

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