1986 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1986 between Footscray and Essendon during round three of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray (11.15.81) were defeated by Essendon (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 April 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 33,546

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 11.15.81 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 10 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Essendon 1 . 3 8 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Madden ESSE 27 3
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 2
Brian Royal FOOT 33 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 1
26 Baxter, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 5 16 15 1 11 0 4 0
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 6 0 3 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 3 0 6 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 0
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 5
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 1
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 4 0 3 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 7 0 2 3
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 3 4 21 20 1 3 0 6 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 0 1
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 6 13 3 6
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 2 2 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 3 0 2 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 11 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 15 297 218 79 88 15 43 30

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 4 1 16 10 6 3 0 1 6
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 6 0 6 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 1 4
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 1 0 2 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 2 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 2 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 2 19 18 1 7 0 1 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 1 4
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 3 11 5 4
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 6 6 2 3
19 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 0 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 1 1 0
40 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 3 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 2 4
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 6 0 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 4
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 1 0 1
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 317 227 90 75 19 30 43

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