1986 VFL Grand Final: Carlton v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 1986 between Carlton and Hawthorn in the grand final of the 1986 VFL season. Carlton hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Mark MacLure captained the hosts. Michael Tuck captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Carlton
M. MacLure (capt.), T. Alvin, W. Blackwell, C. Bradley, P. Dean, J. Dorotich, B. Doull, D. English, B. Evans, D. Glascott, W. Harmes, K. Hunter, W. Johnston, S. Kernahan, J. Madden, W. McKenzie, P. Meldrum, P. Motley, D. Rhys-Jones, S. Robertson

Hawthorn
Back: G. Ayres, C. Langford, R. Greene
Half-back: R. Morris, C. Mew, P. Schwab
Centre: R. DiPierdomenico, T. Wallace, R. Eade
Half-forward: G. Buckenara, D. Brereton, J. Kennedy
Forward: J. Platten, J. Dunstall, P. Curran
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck (capt.), R. Loveridge
Int.: P. Abbott, P. Russo

Carlton (9.14.68) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.14.110).

Goalkickers
Carlton: P. Meldrum (3), S. Kernahan (2), B. Evans, D. Glascott, W. McKenzie, D. Rhys-Jones
Hawthorn: J. Dunstall (6), G. Buckenara (4), D. Brereton (3), G. Ayres, P. Curran, P. Russo

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and Carlton were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 27 September 1986
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 101,861

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.14.68 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 5 4 . 11 6 . 13 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Hawthorn 5 . 6 8 . 8 15 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin HWTH by 25 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 50 HWTH by 42 HWTH by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Robert Walls (Carlton), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Mark MacLure (Carlton), Michael Tuck (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, J. Russo
Goal Umpire: K. Andrews, R. Gilham
Boundary Umpire: G. Hunichen, A. Ryan

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Gary Ayres HWTH 7 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 5 0 1 1
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 0 3 13 10 3 3 0 1 2
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 1 1
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 0
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 0 0 3 3
32 Glascott, David ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 4 0 1 0
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 4 0 0 2
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 7 0 0 1
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 1 2
4 Kernahan, Stephen ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 5 2 1 1
36 MacLure, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 1 1 0
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 11 4 7 3 38 2 1
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 4 0 0 1
2 Motley, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 0 2
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 2
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 14 246 171 75 62 41 21 26

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul INT ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 2 0 0
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 1 0 23 17 6 5 0 2 1
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 3 1 14 12 2 3 0 1 4
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFL ? 4 4 18 15 3 6 0 2 1
25 Curran, Peter FPR ? 1 1 17 8 9 2 1 2 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 12 1 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 0 1 16 10 6 1 0 2 1
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 6 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 1
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 26 20 6 2 0 2 3
29 Greene, Russell BPR ? 0 2 13 8 5 2 0 1 1
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
28 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 1 0 0
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 2 2
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 1 3 0
15 Morris, Russell HBFL ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0
44 Platten, John FPL ? 0 1 16 12 4 1 0 3 0
4 Russo, Peter INT ? 1 1 21 18 3 1 0 0 0
30 Schwab, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 0 2
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 1
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 21 16 5 4 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 298 212 86 51 17 26 21

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

Carlton Coach: Robert Walls
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 G. Ayres 28 C. Langford 29 R. Greene













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



15 R. Morris 2 C. Mew 30 P. Schwab













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. DiPierdomenico 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 G. Dear 39 P. Abbott
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck (c) 4 P. Russo
11 G. Buckenara 23 D. Brereton 34 J. Kennedy 22 R. Loveridge











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



44 J. Platten 19 J. Dunstall 25 P. Curran













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans