1986 VFL Round 5: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1986 between Carlton and Essendon during round 5 of the 1986 VFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Mark MacLure captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Carlton
M. MacLure (capt.), T. Alvin, R. Ashman, W. Blackwell, C. Bradley, R. Burke, P. Dean, J. Dorotich, B. Doull, K. Hunter, W. Johnston, P. Kenny, S. Kernahan, S. Kourkoumelis, J. Madden, P. Meldrum, P. Motley, P. Rohde, B. Shine, M. Williams

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), S. Clark, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, R. Merrett, B. Phillips, G. Raines, P. Salmon, T. Spencer, M. Thompson, M. Thomson, K. Walsh, C. Waterson, D. Williams, B. Wood

Carlton (10.11.71) defeated Essendon (8.7.55).

Goalkickers
Carlton: T. Alvin (2), R. Ashman (2), K. Hunter (2), P. Kenny, S. Kourkoumelis, M. MacLure, P. Motley
Essendon: T. Daniher (2), T. Spencer (2), S. Clark, A. Ezard, S. Heard, R. Merrett

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Friday 25 April 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 68,151

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 10.11.71 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 2 . 4 6 . 11 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Essendon 0 . 0 5 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin CARL by 14 ESSE by 17 CARL by 7 CARL by 16 CARL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Robert Walls (Carlton), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Mark MacLure (Carlton), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Howe, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Meldrum CARL 23 3
Mark Thompson ESSE 26 2
Wayne Blackwell CARL 8 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 2 0 22 13 9 1 0 1 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 4 0 3 4
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 0 2 25 14 11 6 0 2 0
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 3 0 2 2
19 Burke, Rohan ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 1
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 4 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 0
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 0
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 0 2 24 23 1 4 0 4 3
40 Kenny, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
4 Kernahan, Stephen ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 0 0 3 3
36 MacLure, Mark (c) ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 1 0 0 1
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 21 3 2
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 2 1
2 Motley, Peter ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 0
10 Shine, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 0
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 11 261 190 71 51 23 34 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 3
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 0 0 2 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 4 0 1 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 2 0 0 4
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 18 4 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 3 3 0 3
19 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0
6 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 0 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 4 2 1 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 3 3
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 2
35 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 3 1
2 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 7 255 186 69 46 23 28 34

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