1985 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 1985 between Essendon and Hawthorn in the second semi final of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (14.18.102) defeated Hawthorn (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 14 September 1985
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 67,063

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 14.18.102 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 4 . 8 11 . 14 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Hawthorn 3 . 2 6 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin ESSE by 8 HWTH by 6 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
P. Cameron

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 3 24 20 4 5 0 3 4
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 6 0 2 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 27 22 5 1 0 5 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 4 0 1 2
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 2 0 0 5
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 17 6 11 8 11 5 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 3 7 2 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 2 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 2 1 27 17 10 5 0 5 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 3 13 9 4 5 1 3 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 0 23 11 12 6 0 2 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 3 32 23 9 5 0 3 2
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 1 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 0 2
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 18 335 223 112 71 20 39 36

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul INT ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 2
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 2 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 1
11 Buckenara, Gary WL ? 1 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 2
21 Byrne, Michael RU ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 0 5
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 2
29 Greene, Russell HBFL ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 3
37 Handley, Robert RR ? 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 2
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 2 0 19 11 8 6 0 1 3
28 Langford, Chris FPR ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 4 1 2
6 Lester-Smith, Rod CHB ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 3 2
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 0 1 15 13 2 0 0 5 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPL ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 4
2 Mew, Chris FB ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 1 2 1
15 Morris, Russell HBFR ? 1 0 19 11 8 4 0 1 1
32 Robertson, Colin INT ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 3 1
4 Russo, Peter HFFR ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 4 1
30 Schwab, Peter BPL ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 0 0
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 27 19 8 2 0 4 3
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 9 8 255 172 83 52 6 36 39

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 P. Schwab 2 C. Mew 7 G. Ayres













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



29 R. Greene 6 R. Lester-Smith 15 R. Morris













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 G. Buckenara 16 T. Wallace 9 R. DiPierdomenico









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 M. Byrne 39 P. Abbott
HALF-FORWARD 37 R. Handley 32 C. Robertson
34 J. Kennedy 23 D. Brereton 4 P. Russo 22 R. Loveridge











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 L. Matthews (c) 19 J. Dunstall 28 C. Langford













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans