1985 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Essendon 14th premiership |
Minor premiers | Essendon 12th minor premiership |
Night series | Hawthorn 2nd Night series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Brad Hardie (Footscray) |
Coleman Medallist | Simon Beasley (Footscray) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 138 |
Total attendance | 3,113,173 (22,559 per match) |
Highest | 100,042 |
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The 1985 VFL season was the 89th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The season was the first to feature premiership matches on Friday nights.
The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the 14th time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Hawthorn by 78 points in the 1985 VFL Grand Final.
Hawthorn defeated Essendon 11.11 (77) to 10.8 (68) in the final.
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | Collingwood | 21.15 (141) | MCG | 65,628 | 29 March 1985 |
St Kilda | 8.18 (66) | Sydney | 26.20 (176) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,910 | 30 March 1985 |
Essendon | 21.11 (137) | Richmond | 18.12 (120) | Windy Hill | 22,802 | 30 March 1985 |
Carlton | 17.10 (112) | Footscray | 22.10 (142) | Princes Park | 26,873 | 30 March 1985 |
Melbourne | 20.8 (128) | Fitzroy | 14.18 (102) | MCG | 20,910 | 30 March 1985 |
Geelong | 20.8 (128) | Hawthorn | 14.16 (100) | VFL Park | 20,776 | 30 March 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 12.16 (88) | Sydney | 13.14 (92) | MCG | 24,113 | 6 April 1985 |
Geelong | 14.12 (96) | Collingwood | 18.11 (119) | Kardinia Park | 32,966 | 6 April 1985 |
St Kilda | 2.17 (29) | Carlton | 25.19 (169) | Moorabbin Oval | 18,655 | 6 April 1985 |
Hawthorn | 25.20 (170) | Melbourne | 14.18 (102) | Princes Park | 17,278 | 8 April 1985 |
Fitzroy | 8.15 (63) | Essendon | 24.22 (166) | Victoria Park | 17,093 | 8 April 1985 |
Footscray | 20.14 (134) | North Melbourne | 16.12 (108) | VFL Park | 24,056 | 8 April 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 17.12 (114) | Hawthorn | 15.10 (100) | VFL Park | 41,694 | 23 March 1985 |
Richmond | 31.25 (211) | St Kilda | 14.14 (98) | MCG | 17,753 | 13 April 1985 |
Footscray | 26.14 (170) | Geelong | 16.9 (105) | Western Oval | 23,259 | 13 April 1985 |
Collingwood | 19.9 (123) | Melbourne | 16.17 (113) | Victoria Park | 22,896 | 13 April 1985 |
Carlton | 22.13 (145) | North Melbourne | 22.15 (147) | Princes Park | 20,404 | 13 April 1985 |
Sydney | 18.12 (120) | Fitzroy | 26.15 (171) | SCG | 10,204 | 14 April 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | St Kilda | 11.6 (72) | MCG | 12,895 | 20 April 1985 |
Fitzroy | 12.14 (86) | Richmond | 15.13 (103) | Victoria Park | 11,056 | 20 April 1985 |
Carlton | 24.17 (161) | Geelong | 13.11 (89) | Princes Park | 19,894 | 20 April 1985 |
Essendon | 13.8 (86) | Collingwood | 12.10 (82) | Windy Hill | 26,550 | 20 April 1985 |
Melbourne | 14.18 (102) | Footscray | 12.11 (83) | VFL Park | 20,797 | 20 April 1985 |
Sydney | 5.14 (44) | Hawthorn | 8.15 (63) | SCG | 7,860 | 21 April 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 18.13 (121) | Carlton | 13.14 (92) | MCG | 53,067 | 25 April 1985 |
St Kilda | 19.12 (126) | Fitzroy | 18.14 (122) | VFL Park | 20,480 | 25 April 1985 |
Hawthorn | 21.23 (149) | Richmond | 29.14 (188) | Princes Park | 17,268 | 27 April 1985 |
Geelong | 16.23 (119) | North Melbourne | 14.9 (93) | Kardinia Park | 16,492 | 27 April 1985 |
Collingwood | 15.15 (105) | Sydney | 13.12 (90) | Victoria Park | 23,306 | 27 April 1985 |
Footscray | 18.17 (125) | Essendon | 11.18 (84) | Western Oval | 33,677 | 27 April 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 20.11 (131) | North Melbourne | 20.12 (132) | MCG | 23,815 | 4 May 1985 |
Fitzroy | 15.12 (102) | Hawthorn | 19.16 (130) | Victoria Park | 9,231 | 4 May 1985 |
St Kilda | 16.12 (108) | Geelong | 15.21 (111) | Moorabbin Oval | 16,000 | 4 May 1985 |
Essendon | 27.14 (176) | Carlton | 8.19 (67) | Windy Hill | 22,644 | 4 May 1985 |
Richmond | 16.10 (106) | Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | VFL Park | 58,733 | 4 May 1985 |
Sydney | 25.11 (161) | Footscray | 11.17 (83) | SCG | 9,537 | 5 May 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 28.15 (183) | St Kilda | 8.9 (57) | Princes Park | 8,762 | 11 May 1985 |
Geelong | 12.13 (85) | Melbourne | 5.10 (40) | Kardinia Park | 15,000 | 11 May 1985 |
Collingwood | 11.15 (81) | Fitzroy | 25.10 (160) | Victoria Park | 22,964 | 11 May 1985 |
Richmond | 15.11 (101) | Footscray | 23.13 (151) | MCG | 36,250 | 11 May 1985 |
North Melbourne | 22.20 (152) | Essendon | 14.9 (93) | VFL Park | 37,125 | 11 May 1985 |
Sydney | 11.17 (83) | Carlton | 12.16 (88) | SCG | 12,507 | 12 May 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | Sydney | 6.10 (46) | MCG | 14,572 | 18 May 1985 |
Collingwood | 8.9 (57) | Hawthorn | 6.10 (46) | Victoria Park | 20,731 | 18 May 1985 |
Carlton | 11.18 (84) | Richmond | 9.13 (67) | Princes Park | 21,777 | 18 May 1985 |
Footscray | 11.7 (73) | Fitzroy | 12.15 (87) | Western Oval | 16,952 | 18 May 1985 |
Geelong | 8.11 (59) | Essendon | 10.15 (75) | Kardinia Park | 23,102 | 18 May 1985 |
Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | St Kilda | 7.12 (54) | VFL Park | 16,282 | 18 May 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 23.15 (153) | Melbourne | 9.17 (71) | Windy Hill | 19,985 | 25 May 1985 |
Richmond | 16.15 (111) | North Melbourne | 18.19 (127) | MCG | 31,347 | 25 May 1985 |
Hawthorn | 17.24 (126) | Footscray | 16.11 (107) | Princes Park | 16,686 | 25 May 1985 |
St Kilda | 20.17 (137) | Collingwood | 24.18 (162) | Moorabbin Oval | 22,348 | 25 May 1985 |
Fitzroy | 19.9 (123) | Carlton | 18.16 (124) | VFL Park | 29,455 | 25 May 1985 |
Sydney | 13.11 (89) | Geelong | 16.21 (117) | SCG | 12,577 | 26 May 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 15.19 (109) | Sydney | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 16,749 | 1 June 1985 |
Fitzroy | 17.15 (117) | North Melbourne | 19.14 (128) | Victoria Park | 11,333 | 1 June 1985 |
Carlton | 9.14 (68) | Hawthorn | 22.15 (147) | Princes Park | 25,424 | 1 June 1985 |
St Kilda | 18.12 (120) | Essendon | 21.20 (146) | Moorabbin Oval | 16,536 | 1 June 1985 |
Richmond | 10.10 (70) | Geelong | 18.12 (120) | VFL Park | 24,849 | 1 June 1985 |
Footscray | 16.10 (106) | Collingwood | 12.8 (80) | MCG | 45,408 | 2 June 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | Richmond | 17.19 (121) | MCG | 31,606 | 8 June 1985 |
Footscray | 15.21 (111) | St Kilda | 13.12 (90) | Western Oval | 17,538 | 8 June 1985 |
Essendon | 17.11 (113) | Sydney | 11.5 (71) | Windy Hill | 17,652 | 8 June 1985 |
North Melbourne | 17.11 (113) | Hawthorn | 17.11 (113) | MCG | 39,084 | 10 June 1985 |
Geelong | 17.8 (110) | Fitzroy | 20.21 (141) | Kardinia Park | 20,000 | 10 June 1985 |
Collingwood | 13.9 (87) | Carlton | 16.14 (110) | VFL Park | 56,604 | 10 June 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 9.10 (64) | North Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Victoria Park | 19,573 | 15 June 1985 |
Hawthorn | 17.15 (117) | Geelong | 13.10 (88) | Princes Park | 11,377 | 15 June 1985 |
Richmond | 10.9 (69) | Essendon | 23.12 (150) | MCG | 36,851 | 15 June 1985 |
Footscray | 13.8 (86) | Carlton | 5.9 (39) | Western Oval | 20,707 | 15 June 1985 |
Fitzroy | 11.15 (81) | Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | VFL Park | 14,668 | 15 June 1985 |
Sydney | 23.21 (159) | St Kilda | 13.14 (92) | SCG | 7,811 | 16 June 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 21.14 (140) | Fitzroy | 16.17 (113) | Windy Hill | 18,398 | 22 June 1985 |
Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Victoria Park | 16,852 | 22 June 1985 |
Carlton | 20.19 (139) | St Kilda | 16.11 (107) | Princes Park | 13,534 | 22 June 1985 |
Melbourne | 12.9 (81) | Hawthorn | 11.31 (97) | MCG | 16,406 | 22 June 1985 |
North Melbourne | 9.21 (75) | Footscray | 11.11 (77) | VFL Park | 22,319 | 22 June 1985 |
Sydney | 19.23 (137) | Richmond | 8.12 (60) | SCG | 9,504 | 23 June 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | Carlton | 22.19 (151) | MCG | 32,861 | 28 June 1985 |
Fitzroy | 13.17 (95) | Sydney | 11.14 (80) | Victoria Park | 9,953 | 29 June 1985 |
St Kilda | 12.9 (81) | Richmond | 17.15 (117) | Moorabbin Oval | 14,243 | 29 June 1985 |
Geelong | 17.22 (124) | Footscray | 23.8 (146) | Kardinia Park | 17,000 | 29 June 1985 |
Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | Collingwood | 23.19 (157) | MCG | 29,154 | 29 June 1985 |
Hawthorn | 15.11 (101) | Essendon | 21.11 (137) | VFL Park | 48,880 | 29 June 1985 |
Round 15[2] | |||||
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Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) | Geelong 16.8 (104) | def. by | Carlton 19.16 (130) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 19,813) | Report |
Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 11.12 (78) | def. by | Essendon 13.11 (89) | Victoria Park (crowd: 26,014) | Report |
Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond 21.16 (142) | def. | Fitzroy 17.16 (118) | MCG (crowd: 19,794) | Report |
Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) | Footscray 26.13 (169) | def. | Melbourne 6.13 (49) | Western Oval (crowd: 15,328) | Report |
Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 23.18 (156) | def. | Sydney 12.11 (83) | Princes Park (crowd: 8,694) | Report |
Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 11.9 (75) | def. by | North Melbourne 21.13 (139) | VFL Park (crowd: 11,829) | Report |
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Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 16.13 (109) | St Kilda | 18.10 (118) | Victoria Park | 8,735 | 13 July 1985 |
Richmond | 17.11 (113) | Hawthorn | 27.18 (180) | MCG | 23,522 | 13 July 1985 |
Essendon | 17.10 (112) | Footscray | 13.10 (88) | Windy Hill | 28,144 | 20 July 1985 |
North Melbourne | 12.19 (91) | Geelong | 20.11 (131) | MCG | 17,686 | 20 July 1985 |
Carlton | 14.15 (99) | Melbourne | 5.9 (39) | VFL Park | 17,920 | 20 July 1985 |
Sydney | 17.21 (123) | Collingwood | 29.11 (185) | SCG | 12,172 | 21 July 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 14.18 (102) | St Kilda | 12.9 (81) | Kardinia Park | 11,989 | 27 July 1985 |
Footscray | 15.15 (105) | Sydney | 11.13 (79) | Western Oval | 13,026 | 27 July 1985 |
Collingwood | 13.8 (86) | Richmond | 11.12 (78) | Victoria Park | 20,336 | 27 July 1985 |
Carlton | 18.12 (120) | Essendon | 10.8 (68) | Princes Park | 28,786 | 27 July 1985 |
North Melbourne | 17.12 (114) | Melbourne | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 10,787 | 27 July 1985 |
Hawthorn | 19.20 (134) | Fitzroy | 8.14 (62) | VFL Park | 13,197 | 27 July 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 25.16 (166) | North Melbourne | 8.14 (62) | Windy Hill | 18,894 | 3 August 1985 |
Carlton | 19.13 (127) | Sydney | 14.9 (93) | Princes Park | 15,717 | 3 August 1985 |
St Kilda | 13.16 (94) | Hawthorn | 20.15 (135) | Moorabbin Oval | 10,911 | 3 August 1985 |
Melbourne | 12.14 (86) | Geelong | 21.18 (144) | MCG | 16,421 | 3 August 1985 |
Fitzroy | 14.21 (105) | Collingwood | 14.10 (94) | Victoria Park | 15,958 | 3 August 1985 |
Footscray | 25.16 (166) | Richmond | 17.6 (108) | VFL Park | 16,205 | 3 August 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 10.12 (72) | Footscray | 12.5 (77) | Victoria Park | 11,022 | 10 August 1985 |
St Kilda | 7.8 (50) | Melbourne | 8.11 (59) | Moorabbin Oval | 11,779 | 10 August 1985 |
Hawthorn | 15.6 (96) | Collingwood | 8.16 (64) | Princes Park | 15,799 | 10 August 1985 |
Richmond | 11.14 (80) | Carlton | 23.15 (153) | MCG | 24,125 | 10 August 1985 |
Essendon | 13.11 (89) | Geelong | 8.16 (64) | VFL Park | 34,614 | 10 August 1985 |
Sydney | 12.22 (94) | North Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | SCG | 9,215 | 11 August 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 16.20 (116) | Richmond | 9.12 (66) | Arden St Oval | 7,341 | 17 August 1985 |
Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Sydney | 9.10 (64) | Kardinia Park | 12,422 | 17 August 1985 |
Footscray | 5.13 (43) | Hawthorn | 5.8 (38) | Western Oval | 21,828 | 17 August 1985 |
Carlton | 12.15 (87) | Fitzroy | 8.11 (59) | Princes Park | 16,902 | 17 August 1985 |
Melbourne | 15.7 (97) | Essendon | 17.10 (112) | MCG | 22,193 | 17 August 1985 |
Collingwood | 17.18 (120) | St Kilda | 9.15 (69) | VFL Park | 15,709 | 17 August 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 27.22 (184) | St Kilda | 14.7 (91) | Windy Hill | 14,133 | 24 August 1985 |
Collingwood | 9.10 (64) | Footscray | 15.19 (109) | Victoria Park | 21,724 | 24 August 1985 |
North Melbourne | 17.22 (124) | Fitzroy | 17.14 (116) | MCG | 14,581 | 24 August 1985 |
Hawthorn | 15.17 (107) | Carlton | 12.12 (84) | Princes Park | 31,484 | 24 August 1985 |
Geelong | 12.7 (79) | Richmond | 16.15 (111) | VFL Park | 16,174 | 24 August 1985 |
Sydney | 24.21 (165) | Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | SCG | 7,942 | 25 August 1985 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 23.21 (159) | North Melbourne | 14.11 (95) | Princes Park | 16,449 | 31 August 1985 |
Fitzroy | 14.13 (97) | Geelong | 17.18 (120) | Victoria Park | 9,120 | 31 August 1985 |
Richmond | 20.12 (132) | Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | MCG | 17,158 | 31 August 1985 |
St Kilda | 12.12 (84) | Footscray | 8.18 (66) | Moorabbin Oval | 14,236 | 31 August 1985 |
Carlton | 12.9 (81) | Collingwood | 11.9 (75) | VFL Park | 37,027 | 31 August 1985 |
Sydney | 11.12 (78) | Essendon | 24.21 (165) | SCG | 12,180 | 1 September 1985 |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Essendon (P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2755 | 1991 | 138.4 | 76 |
2 | Footscray | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2417 | 2000 | 120.9 | 64 |
3 | Hawthorn | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2647 | 2024 | 130.8 | 62 |
4 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2430 | 2104 | 115.5 | 60 |
5 | North Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2379 | 2431 | 97.9 | 54 |
6 | Geelong | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2277 | 2263 | 100.6 | 48 |
7 | Collingwood | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2197 | 2180 | 100.8 | 40 |
8 | Richmond | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2362 | 2590 | 91.2 | 36 |
9 | Fitzroy | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2301 | 2452 | 93.8 | 28 |
10 | Sydney | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2219 | 2349 | 94.5 | 24 |
11 | Melbourne | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1965 | 2527 | 77.8 | 24 |
12 | St Kilda | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1899 | 2937 | 64.7 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 105.5
Source: AFL Tables
Elimination final | |||||
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Saturday, 7 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton 16.11 (107) | def. by | North Melbourne 20.6 (126) | VFL Park (crowd: 49,126) | Report |
Qualifying final | |||||
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Sunday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | Footscray 8.14 (62) | def. by | Hawthorn 22.23 (155) | MCG (crowd: 58,367) | Report |
Semi-finals | |||||
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SF1: Sunday, 15 September (2:30 pm) | Footscray 19.23 (137) | def. | North Melbourne 16.11 (107) | MCG (crowd: 56,112) | Report |
SF2: Saturday, 14 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 14.18 (102) | def. | Hawthorn 9.8 (62) | VFL Park (crowd: 67,063) | Report |
Preliminary final | |||||
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Saturday, 21 September (2:30 pm) | Hawthorn 16.13 (109) | def. | Footscray 15.9 (99) | VFL Park (crowd: 55,246) | Report |
Grand final | |||||
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Saturday, 28 September (2:50 pm) | Essendon 26.14 (170) | def. | Hawthorn 14.8 (92) | MCG (crowd: 100,042) | Report |
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