1986 VFL Season Elimination Final: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1986 between Fitzroy and Essendon in the elimination final of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy (8.10.58) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 September 1986
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 59,420

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 8.10.58 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Essendon 2 . 1 4 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin FITZ by 13 FITZ by 1 ESSE by 3 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: David Parkin

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Russo

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 1
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 4
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
58 Dwyer, Mark ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 0 0 2 1
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 1
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 0
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 4 2 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 3
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 2
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 1 0 25 10 15 6 0 2 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 5 0 1 3
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 1
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 7 0 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 2 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 4 2
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 5 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 8 10 248 174 74 53 11 35 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 4 0 3 2
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 3 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 6
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 3 21 14 7 0 0 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 23 21 2 5 0 3 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 26 3 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 3 11 9 2 3 0 3 2
6 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 6 0 2 1
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 5 0 1 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 4 14 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 5 1 0 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 9 273 210 63 70 41 29 35

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