1986 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Hawthorn were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Hawthorn were the premiers, with Michael Tuck as the premiership captain and Allan Jeans as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1986 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Robert Walls
Collingwood Victoria Park Bob Rose Leigh Matthews
Essendon Windy Hill Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Victoria Park David Parkin
Footscray Western Oval Mick Malthouse
Geelong Kardinia Park John Devine
Hawthorn Princes Park Allan Jeans
Melbourne MCG John Northey
North Melbourne MCG John Kennedy
Richmond MCG Tony Jewell
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Graeme Gellie
Sydney SCG Tom Hafey

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Hawthorn 1st 18 -0- 4 72 141.6% 2,698 1,906 395 328 273 268
Sydney 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 118.4% 2,470 2,087 357 328 300 287
Carlton 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 141.8% 2,566 1,809 373 328 258 261
Fitzroy 4th 13 -0- 9 52 100.2% 2,068 2,063 294 304 295 293
Essendon 5th 12 -0- 10 48 120.3% 2,379 1,978 346 303 287 256
Collingwood 6th 12 -0- 10 48 109.2% 2,261 2,070 326 305 297 288
North Melbourne 7th 12 -0- 10 48 98.6% 2,324 2,356 341 278 344 292
Footscray 8th 11 -0- 11 44 97.7% 1,963 2,010 279 289 286 294
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 15 28 82.1% 2,133 2,599 308 285 382 307
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 15 28 78.4% 2,151 2,745 316 255 399 351
Melbourne 11th 7 -0- 15 28 74.9% 2,003 2,673 286 287 393 315
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 20 8 71.9% 1,846 2,566 266 250 373 328

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hawthorn 1st Premiers
Carlton 2nd Runners-Up
Fitzroy 3rd Defeated by Hawthorn (Preliminary Final)
Sydney 4th Defeated by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
Essendon 5th Defeated by Fitzroy (Elimination Final)
Collingwood 6th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 8th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 9th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 10th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/03/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 68 - 133 28,634
SAT 29/03/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 84 - 112 17,478
SAT 29/03/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 128 - 138 25,219
MON 31/03/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 107 - 90 22,449
MON 31/03/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton VFL Park 113 - 77 48,107
MON 31/03/1986 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Sydney MCG 101 - 126 22,579

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 195.6% 133 68
Hawthorn 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 146.8% 113 77
Fitzroy 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 133.3% 112 84
Sydney 4th 1 -0- 0 4 124.8% 126 101
Footscray 5th 1 -0- 0 4 118.9% 107 90
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 107.8% 138 128
Richmond 7th 0 -0- 1 0 92.8% 128 138
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 1 0 84.1% 90 107
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 80.2% 101 126
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 1 0 75.0% 84 112
Carlton 11th 0 -0- 1 0 68.1% 77 113
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 1 0 51.1% 68 133

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/04/1986 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 108 - 111 26,456
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 125 - 95 20,811
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 148 - 51 19,387
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray VFL Park 79 - 69 20,439
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 136 - 108 20,801
SUN 06/04/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 134 - 100 20,243

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 236.1% 281 119
Sydney 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 129.4% 260 201
Fitzroy 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 124.8% 191 153
Hawthorn 4th 2 -0- 0 8 121.1% 224 185
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 0 8 116.1% 274 236
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 104.1% 176 169
Carlton 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.1% 202 208
North Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 2 0 88.2% 209 237
Richmond 9th 0 -0- 2 0 84.8% 223 263
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 2 0 81.5% 198 243
Collingwood 11th 0 -0- 2 0 62.9% 168 267
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 2 0 51.9% 135 260

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Victoria Park 104 - 88 12,599
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon VFL Park 81 - 89 33,546
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 105 - 132 16,865
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 154 - 99 11,349
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 112 - 69 29,842
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 69 - 157 19,410

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 185.0% 370 200
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 133.1% 378 284
Sydney 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 128.1% 392 306
Fitzroy 4th 3 -0- 0 12 122.4% 295 241
Carlton 5th 2 -0- 1 8 129.6% 359 277
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 106.5% 362 340
North Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 2 4 104.9% 321 306
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 2 4 99.6% 257 258
Richmond 9th 0 -0- 3 0 77.2% 322 417
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 3 0 66.8% 267 400
Collingwood 11th 0 -0- 3 0 62.5% 237 379
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 3 0 61.2% 240 392

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 156 - 75 28,021
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 136 - 91 19,826
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 170 - 108 18,265
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne VFL Park 113 - 96 17,223
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 116 - 128 11,670
SUN 20/04/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 142 - 66 18,766

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 4 -0- 0 16 175.3% 540 308
Sydney 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 143.5% 534 372
Hawthorn 3rd 4 -0- 0 16 126.5% 506 400
Carlton 4th 3 -0- 1 12 146.3% 515 352
Fitzroy 5th 3 -0- 1 12 93.2% 370 397
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 2 8 92.2% 470 510
North Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 3 4 99.5% 417 419
Richmond 8th 1 -0- 3 4 84.8% 435 513
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 3 4 80.8% 323 400
Collingwood 10th 1 -0- 3 4 79.4% 373 470
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 4 0 72.5% 383 528
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 4 0 62.7% 331 528

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 71 - 55 68,151
FRI 25/04/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 101 - 110 40,117
FRI 25/04/1986 5:00 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 154 - 92 40,117
SAT 26/04/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Victoria Park 104 - 90 13,311
SAT 26/04/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 80 - 73 23,683
SAT 26/04/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 135 - 84 21,611

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 5 -0- 0 20 136.2% 644 473
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 157.0% 595 379
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 144.0% 586 407
Hawthorn 4th 4 -0- 1 16 118.3% 596 504
Fitzroy 5th 4 -0- 1 16 97.3% 474 487
North Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 3 8 111.7% 571 511
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 3 8 95.5% 570 597
Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 3 8 92.1% 571 620
Footscray 9th 2 -0- 3 8 85.2% 403 473
Collingwood 10th 1 -0- 4 4 81.1% 446 550
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 5 0 70.4% 467 663
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 5 0 62.0% 423 682

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/05/1986 7:40 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 139 - 103 13,522
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Princes Park 121 - 122 11,957
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 110 - 91 16,157
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 126 - 102 38,381
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 83 - 121 32,472
SUN 04/05/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 120 - 98 37,873

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 6 -0- 0 24 133.8% 764 571
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 119.1% 722 606
Essendon 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 138.0% 697 505
Carlton 4th 4 -0- 2 16 129.8% 684 527
Fitzroy 5th 4 -0- 2 16 97.7% 595 609
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 115.6% 710 614
Richmond 7th 3 -0- 3 12 96.4% 692 718
Collingwood 8th 2 -0- 4 8 89.6% 567 633
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 88.3% 654 741
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 4 8 84.7% 494 583
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 5 4 69.0% 533 773
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 6 0 71.1% 570 802

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 69 - 109 27,069
SAT 10/05/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 95 - 77 18,196
SAT 10/05/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne VFL Park 89 - 58 14,504
SAT 10/05/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 133 - 100 19,300
SAT 10/05/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 105 - 145 38,456
SAT 10/05/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 74 - 87 11,296

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 6 -0- 1 24 122.7% 864 704
Hawthorn 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 121.1% 855 706
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 138.0% 842 610
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 2 20 133.1% 793 596
Fitzroy 5th 5 -0- 2 20 99.9% 682 683
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 4 12 111.0% 787 709
Richmond 7th 3 -0- 4 12 92.4% 797 863
Footscray 8th 3 -0- 4 12 89.2% 589 660
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 85.8% 712 830
Collingwood 10th 2 -0- 5 8 85.7% 636 742
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 5 8 74.8% 622 831
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 7 0 72.4% 644 889

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 134 - 105 21,829
SAT 17/05/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 59 - 104 26,032
SAT 17/05/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 146 - 84 15,132
SAT 17/05/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Victoria Park 97 - 120 12,189
SAT 17/05/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 132 - 80 18,360
SUN 18/05/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 111 - 112 25,219

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 7 -0- 1 28 125.4% 959 765
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 142.4% 988 694
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 132.2% 927 701
Sydney 4th 6 -0- 2 24 119.5% 975 816
Fitzroy 5th 5 -0- 3 20 97.0% 779 803
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 112.5% 907 806
Richmond 7th 4 -0- 4 16 93.3% 909 974
Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 5 12 92.7% 844 910
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 5 12 84.5% 669 792
Collingwood 10th 2 -0- 6 8 82.2% 695 846
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 6 8 75.3% 727 965
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 8 0 70.3% 728 1,035

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Victoria Park 115 - 70 14,979
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 50 - 36 21,478
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 83 - 48 14,478
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 76 - 112 41,945
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 38 - 47 12,492
SUN 25/05/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 86 - 119 21,646

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 8 -0- 1 32 126.7% 1,078 851
Sydney 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 119.7% 1,022 854
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 130.8% 1,058 809
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 3 24 128.2% 963 751
Fitzroy 5th 6 -0- 3 24 102.4% 894 873
North Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 115.9% 990 854
Richmond 7th 4 -0- 5 16 90.7% 985 1,086
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 5 16 86.8% 719 828
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 89.8% 892 993
Collingwood 10th 3 -0- 6 12 87.5% 807 922
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 7 8 75.0% 813 1,084
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 9 0 70.8% 766 1,082

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 30/05/1986 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 137 - 121 40,531
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda VFL Park 133 - 91 24,865
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 126 - 110 13,746
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 79 - 108 15,846
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 49 - 165 27,440
SUN 01/06/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 126 - 101 23,091

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 8 -0- 2 32 120.6% 1,157 959
Sydney 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 120.2% 1,148 955
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 141.0% 1,128 800
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 4 24 124.6% 1,179 946
North Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 4 24 115.6% 1,127 975
Fitzroy 6th 6 -0- 4 24 99.6% 995 999
Footscray 7th 5 -0- 5 20 91.2% 827 907
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 6 16 92.8% 940 1,013
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 6 16 90.3% 1,095 1,212
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 7 12 81.3% 941 1,158
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 7 12 78.6% 939 1,194
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 10 0 70.5% 857 1,215

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 122 - 78 27,166
SAT 07/06/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 145 - 60 10,903
SAT 07/06/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 88 - 126 21,805
MON 09/06/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 142 - 64 32,557
MON 09/06/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 58 - 78 27,267
MON 09/06/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 97 - 80 35,360

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 9 -0- 2 36 127.8% 1,302 1,019
Sydney 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 121.0% 1,226 1,013
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 147.0% 1,270 864
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 5 24 120.8% 1,237 1,024
North Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 5 24 106.6% 1,191 1,117
Fitzroy 6th 6 -0- 5 24 95.7% 1,073 1,121
Collingwood 7th 5 -0- 6 20 97.3% 1,062 1,091
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 6 20 92.3% 1,192 1,292
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 6 20 90.3% 907 1,004
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 7 16 83.1% 1,065 1,282
Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 76.8% 1,001 1,303
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 11 0 70.5% 945 1,341

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 13/06/1986 7:40 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 91 - 95 26,770
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood VFL Park 94 - 120 49,022
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Victoria Park 145 - 77 10,987
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 125 - 134 19,032
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 75 - 154 12,520
SUN 15/06/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn MCG 110 - 133 57,634

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 2 40 127.1% 1,435 1,129
Sydney 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 118.9% 1,317 1,108
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 138.4% 1,380 997
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 5 28 106.5% 1,286 1,208
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 5 28 101.7% 1,218 1,198
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 6 24 116.3% 1,331 1,144
Collingwood 7th 6 -0- 6 24 99.7% 1,182 1,185
Footscray 8th 6 -0- 6 24 98.3% 1,061 1,079
Richmond 9th 6 -0- 6 24 93.6% 1,326 1,417
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 8 16 80.0% 1,142 1,427
Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 78.4% 1,126 1,437
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 12 0 68.2% 1,020 1,495

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 95 - 96 27,611
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 143 - 55 16,348
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 77 - 89 17,783
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 152 - 92 14,578
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton VFL Park 73 - 132 26,231
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 101 - 49 11,242

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -0- 2 44 130.0% 1,587 1,221
Sydney 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 117.5% 1,413 1,203
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 141.3% 1,512 1,070
Essendon 4th 7 -0- 6 28 116.3% 1,420 1,221
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 6 28 106.2% 1,204 1,134
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 101.3% 1,378 1,360
Fitzroy 7th 7 -0- 6 28 94.9% 1,273 1,341
Collingwood 8th 6 -0- 7 24 99.7% 1,277 1,281
Richmond 9th 6 -0- 7 24 90.3% 1,399 1,549
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 9 16 80.4% 1,219 1,516
Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 76.4% 1,175 1,538
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 12 4 72.6% 1,121 1,544

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 163 - 76 14,718
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 115 - 68 21,351
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 56 - 85 21,312
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy VFL Park 115 - 71 10,049
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 74 - 175 20,264
SUN 29/06/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 113 - 91 22,106

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -0- 2 48 136.1% 1,762 1,295
Sydney 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 117.9% 1,526 1,294
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 146.2% 1,675 1,146
Footscray 4th 8 -0- 6 32 108.3% 1,289 1,190
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 7 28 113.0% 1,476 1,306
Collingwood 6th 7 -0- 7 28 103.2% 1,392 1,349
North Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 98.0% 1,446 1,475
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 7 28 92.3% 1,344 1,456
Richmond 9th 6 -0- 8 24 85.4% 1,473 1,724
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 10 16 80.4% 1,310 1,629
Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 10 16 80.2% 1,290 1,609
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 13 4 70.1% 1,197 1,707

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/07/1986 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Richmond MCG 86 - 114 16,975
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 59 - 53 14,962
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 70 - 86 21,963
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 58 - 129 17,659
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 59 - 38 6,979
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 60 - 182 21,560

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 2 52 136.6% 1,821 1,333
Sydney 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 118.2% 1,612 1,364
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 143.4% 1,728 1,205
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 7 32 121.4% 1,658 1,366
Collingwood 5th 8 -0- 7 32 108.1% 1,521 1,407
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 7 32 106.5% 1,359 1,276
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 7 32 93.0% 1,403 1,509
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 96.4% 1,532 1,589
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 8 28 87.7% 1,587 1,810
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 11 16 77.8% 1,368 1,758
Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 11 16 75.4% 1,350 1,791
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 14 4 69.9% 1,235 1,766

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 112 - 85 9,491
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 50 - 117 10,272
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton MCG 92 - 149 24,506
SUN 13/07/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 162 - 103 33,192
SAT 19/07/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood VFL Park 85 - 132 34,488
SAT 19/07/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 122 - 95 19,341

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 2 56 140.1% 1,938 1,383
Sydney 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 120.9% 1,774 1,467
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 144.7% 1,877 1,297
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 7 36 110.8% 1,653 1,492
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 7 36 108.0% 1,481 1,371
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 8 32 115.2% 1,761 1,528
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 8 32 90.7% 1,488 1,641
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 9 28 93.4% 1,624 1,738
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 9 28 87.1% 1,682 1,932
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 11 20 80.3% 1,480 1,843
Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 12 16 73.4% 1,400 1,908
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 15 4 70.3% 1,320 1,878

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 20/07/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton MCG 105 - 80 51,646
SAT 26/07/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray MCG 76 - 65 49,124
SAT 26/07/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne VFL Park 123 - 142 10,091
SAT 26/07/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 45 - 96 9,886
SAT 26/07/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 129 - 54 11,889
SUN 27/07/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 189 - 65 19,110

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 3 56 134.1% 1,983 1,479
Sydney 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 128.1% 1,963 1,532
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 139.6% 1,957 1,402
Collingwood 4th 10 -0- 7 40 111.0% 1,729 1,557
Essendon 5th 9 -0- 8 36 116.0% 1,866 1,608
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 8 36 106.8% 1,546 1,447
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 8 36 94.0% 1,584 1,686
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 9 32 94.9% 1,766 1,861
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 10 28 84.2% 1,736 2,061
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 12 20 80.8% 1,603 1,985
Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 13 16 69.9% 1,465 2,097
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 15 8 75.0% 1,449 1,932

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Princes Park 104 - 87 27,343
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 105 16,943
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 137 - 50 21,223
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong VFL Park 79 - 76 11,460
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 85 - 94 15,200
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 90 - 127 11,413

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 4 56 125.8% 2,033 1,616
Sydney 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 125.3% 2,050 1,636
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 138.4% 2,061 1,489
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 8 40 120.8% 2,003 1,658
Collingwood 5th 10 -0- 8 40 109.6% 1,821 1,662
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 8 40 106.7% 1,625 1,523
Fitzroy 7th 10 -0- 8 40 94.7% 1,678 1,771
North Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 9 36 97.0% 1,893 1,951
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 11 28 84.5% 1,821 2,155
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 13 20 81.3% 1,679 2,064
Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 71.7% 1,570 2,189
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 16 8 74.7% 1,539 2,059

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond VFL Park 154 - 75 30,349
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Victoria Park 160 - 75 8,311
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 127 - 120 32,635
SAT 09/08/1986 5:00 PM North Melbourne v Footscray MCG 140 - 83 32,635
SUN 10/08/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 136 - 87 72,505
SUN 10/08/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 73 - 171 39,763

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 15 -0- 4 60 130.5% 2,204 1,689
Sydney 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 117.5% 2,123 1,807
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 139.4% 2,197 1,576
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 8 44 124.5% 2,157 1,733
Fitzroy 5th 11 -0- 8 44 99.6% 1,838 1,846
Collingwood 6th 10 -0- 9 40 106.1% 1,908 1,798
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 9 40 102.7% 1,708 1,663
North Melbourne 8th 10 -0- 9 40 100.0% 2,033 2,034
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 12 28 82.1% 1,896 2,309
Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 13 24 73.5% 1,697 2,309
Geelong 11th 5 -0- 14 20 82.1% 1,799 2,191
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 8 72.7% 1,614 2,219

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 128 - 71 11,924
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 108 - 79 13,086
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 144 - 72 16,529
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy VFL Park 93 - 61 15,931
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 96 - 144 16,142
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 48 - 82 13,171

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 4 64 133.3% 2,348 1,761
Sydney 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 119.1% 2,267 1,903
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 135.2% 2,276 1,684
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 8 48 125.7% 2,239 1,781
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 9 44 105.9% 1,836 1,734
North Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 9 44 101.5% 2,126 2,095
Fitzroy 7th 11 -0- 9 44 97.9% 1,899 1,939
Collingwood 8th 10 -0- 10 40 102.0% 1,980 1,942
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 13 28 81.2% 1,992 2,453
Geelong 10th 6 -0- 14 24 84.0% 1,907 2,270
Melbourne 11th 6 -0- 14 24 72.5% 1,768 2,437
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 18 8 72.2% 1,662 2,301

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray VFL Park 151 - 72 28,697
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 156 - 55 17,800
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 61 - 96 18,882
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 225 - 90 9,659
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 182 - 97 15,110
SUN 24/08/1986 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 140 - 111 18,179

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 4 68 139.0% 2,573 1,851
Sydney 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 119.5% 2,407 2,014
Carlton 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 138.2% 2,427 1,756
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 9 48 122.5% 2,300 1,877
Fitzroy 5th 12 -0- 9 48 99.8% 1,995 2,000
Collingwood 6th 11 -0- 10 44 107.0% 2,136 1,997
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 10 44 101.2% 1,908 1,885
North Melbourne 8th 11 -0- 10 44 97.6% 2,223 2,277
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 14 28 78.5% 2,047 2,609
Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 14 28 77.0% 1,950 2,534
Geelong 11th 6 -0- 15 24 80.0% 1,997 2,495
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 19 8 72.6% 1,773 2,441

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 139 - 53 17,471
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 79 - 101 17,982
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Victoria Park 73 - 63 17,141
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 55 - 125 15,196
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 104 - 136 13,569
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood VFL Park 73 - 125 30,442

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 18 -0- 4 72 141.6% 2,698 1,906
Sydney 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 118.4% 2,470 2,087
Carlton 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 141.8% 2,566 1,809
Fitzroy 4th 13 -0- 9 52 100.2% 2,068 2,063
Essendon 5th 12 -0- 10 48 120.3% 2,379 1,978
Collingwood 6th 12 -0- 10 48 109.2% 2,261 2,070
North Melbourne 7th 12 -0- 10 48 98.6% 2,324 2,356
Footscray 8th 11 -0- 11 44 97.7% 1,963 2,010
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 15 28 82.1% 2,133 2,599
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 15 28 78.4% 2,151 2,745
Melbourne 11th 7 -0- 15 28 74.9% 2,003 2,673
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 20 8 71.9% 1,846 2,566

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1986 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon VFL Park 58 - 57 59,420

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 07/09/1986 2:30 PM Sydney v Carlton MCG 104 - 120 66,016

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1986 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton VFL Park 84 - 112 62,315
SUN 14/09/1986 2:30 PM Sydney v Fitzroy MCG 89 - 94 65,763

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1986 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy VFL Park 110 - 54 68,339

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1986 2:50 PM Carlton v Hawthorn MCG 68 - 110 101,861