1986 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Hawthorn 6th premiership |
Minor premiers | Hawthorn 5th minor premiership |
Night series | Hawthorn 3rd Night series win |
Brownlow Medallist | Greg Williams (Sydney) Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn) |
Coleman Medallist | Brian Taylor (Collingwood) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 138 |
Total attendance | 3,395,611 (24,606 per match) |
Highest | 101,861 |
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The 1986 VFL season was the 90th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 29 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the sixth time, after it defeated Carlton by 42 points in the 1986 VFL Grand Final.
Hawthorn defeated Carlton 9.12 (66) to 5.6 (36) in the final.
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 10.8 (68) | Essendon | 19.19 (133) | Victoria Park | 28,634 | 29 March 1986 |
Richmond | 19.14 (128) | Melbourne | 20.18 (138) | MCG | 25,219 | 29 March 1986 |
Geelong | 11.18 (84) | Fitzroy | 16.16 (112) | Kardinia Park | 21,500 | 29 March 1986 |
North Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | Sydney | 20.6 (126) | MCG | 22,579 | 31 March 1986 |
Footscray | 14.23 (107) | St Kilda | 12.18 (90) | Western Oval | 22,499 | 31 March 1986 |
Hawthorn | 17.11 (113) | Carlton | 11.11 (77) | VFL Park | 48,107 | 31 March 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 16.12 (108) | Hawthorn | 17.9 (111) | MCG | 26,456 | 4 April 1986 |
Melbourne | 21.10 (136) | St Kilda | 16.12 (108) | MCG | 20,801 | 5 April 1986 |
Essendon | 21.22 (148) | Geelong | 7.9 (51) | Windy Hill | 19,377 | 5 April 1986 |
Carlton | 18.17 (125) | Richmond | 15.5 (95) | Princes Park | 20,528 | 5 April 1986 |
Fitzroy | 10.19 (79) | Footscray | 10.9 (69) | VFL Park | 20,439 | 5 April 1986 |
Sydney | 19.20 (134) | Collingwood | 15.10 (100) | SCG | 20,243 | 6 April 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 22.22 (154) | Richmond | 15.9 (99) | Princes Park | 11,274 | 12 April 1986 |
Geelong | 15.15 (105) | Sydney | 19.18 (132) | Kardinia Park | 16,882 | 12 April 1986 |
Fitzroy | 14.20 (104) | Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | Victoria Park | 12,599 | 12 April 1986 |
North Melbourne | 17.10 (112) | Collingwood | 9.15 (69) | MCG | 29,842 | 12 April 1986 |
St Kilda | 10.9 (69) | Carlton | 24.13 (157) | Moorabbin Oval | 19,410 | 12 April 1986 |
Footscray | 11.15 (81) | Essendon | 13.11 (89) | VFL Park | 33,546 | 12 April 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 27.8 (170) | Melbourne | 17.6 (108) | Windy Hill | 18,265 | 19 April 1986 |
Collingwood | 20.16 (136) | Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Victoria Park | 19,826 | 19 April 1986 |
Carlton | 22.24 (156) | Fitzroy | 10.15 (75) | Princes Park | 27,620 | 19 April 1986 |
St Kilda | 17.14 (116) | Hawthorn | 19.14 (128) | Moorabbin Oval | 11,670 | 19 April 1986 |
Richmond | 17.11 (113) | North Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | VFL Park | 17,223 | 19 April 1986 |
Sydney | 20.22 (142) | Footscray | 9.12 (66) | SCG | 18,766 | 20 April 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Sydney | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 40,117 | 25 April 1986 |
North Melbourne | 24.10 (154) | Geelong | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 40,117 | 25 April 1986 |
Carlton | 10.11 (71) | Essendon | 8.7 (55) | VFL Park | 68,151 | 25 April 1986 |
Richmond | 20.15 (135) | St Kilda | 11.18 (84) | MCG | 21,611 | 26 April 1986 |
Fitzroy | 13.26 (104) | Hawthorn | 13.12 (90) | Victoria Park | 13,311 | 26 April 1986 |
Footscray | 10.20 (80) | Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | Western Oval | 23,683 | 26 April 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 19.25 (139) | St Kilda | 15.13 (103) | MCG | 13,522 | 2 May 1986 |
Geelong | 16.14 (110) | Footscray | 13.13 (91) | Kardinia Park | 15,411 | 3 May 1986 |
Melbourne | 11.17 (83) | Collingwood | 17.19 (121) | MCG | 32,472 | 3 May 1986 |
Richmond | 17.20 (122) | Fitzroy | 18.13 (121) | Princes Park | 12,877 | 3 May 1986 |
Hawthorn | 19.12 (126) | Essendon | 15.12 (102) | VFL Park | 38,381 | 3 May 1986 |
Sydney | 18.12 (120) | Carlton | 13.20 (98) | SCG | 37,873 | 4 May 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 18.25 (133) | Sydney | 15.10 (100) | Princes Park | 17,731 | 10 May 1986 |
Footscray | 14.11 (95) | North Melbourne | 10.17 (77) | Western Oval | 18,196 | 10 May 1986 |
St Kilda | 10.14 (74) | Fitzroy | 12.15 (87) | Moorabbin Oval | 11,296 | 10 May 1986 |
Richmond | 16.9 (105) | Essendon | 21.19 (145) | MCG | 38,456 | 10 May 1986 |
Collingwood | 9.15 (69) | Carlton | 16.13 (109) | Victoria Park | 28,569 | 10 May 1986 |
Geelong | 12.17 (89) | Melbourne | 7.16 (58) | VFL Park | 14,504 | 10 May 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 14.13 (97) | North Melbourne | 18.12 (120) | Victoria Park | 12,189 | 17 May 1986 |
Essendon | 22.14 (146) | St Kilda | 12.12 (84) | Windy Hill | 14,549 | 17 May 1986 |
Carlton | 20.14 (134) | Geelong | 16.9 (105) | Princes Park | 21,628 | 17 May 1986 |
Melbourne | 20.12 (132) | Footscray | 11.14 (80) | MCG | 18,196 | 17 May 1986 |
Collingwood | 8.11 (59) | Hawthorn | 15.14 (104) | VFL Park | 26,032 | 17 May 1986 |
Sydney | 16.15 (111) | Richmond | 16.16 (112) | SCG | 25,103 | 18 May 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
St Kilda | 5.8 (38) | Sydney | 6.11 (47) | Moorabbin Oval | 12,492 | 24 May 1986 |
Fitzroy | 18.7 (115) | Essendon | 10.10 (70) | Victoria Park | 14,979 | 24 May 1986 |
Richmond | 11.10 (76) | Collingwood | 16.16 (112) | MCG | 41,945 | 24 May 1986 |
Footscray | 7.8 (50) | Carlton | 4.12 (36) | Western Oval | 21,478 | 24 May 1986 |
North Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | VFL Park | 14,478 | 24 May 1986 |
Geelong | 12.14 (86) | Hawthorn | 19.5 (119) | Kardinia Park | 21,375 | 25 May 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 21.11 (137) | Essendon | 18.13 (121) | MCG | 40,301 | 30 May 1986 |
Geelong | 19.12 (126) | Richmond | 16.14 (110) | Kardinia Park | 12,712 | 31 May 1986 |
Hawthorn | 11.13 (79) | Footscray | 16.12 (108) | Princes Park | 15,784 | 31 May 1986 |
Melbourne | 6.13 (49) | Carlton | 25.15 (165) | MCG | 27,440 | 31 May 1986 |
Collingwood | 19.19 (133) | St Kilda | 14.7 (91) | VFL Park | 24,865 | 31 May 1986 |
Sydney | 18.18 (126) | Fitzroy | 14.17 (101) | SCG | 23,091 | 1 June 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 21.19 (145) | Melbourne | 9.6 (60) | Princes Park | 10,919 | 7 June 1986 |
Collingwood | 18.14 (122) | Fitzroy | 11.12 (78) | Victoria Park | 27,166 | 7 June 1986 |
St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | Geelong | 19.12 (126) | VFL Park | 21,805 | 7 June 1986 |
Essendon | 9.4 (58) | Sydney | 10.18 (78) | Windy Hill | 27,267 | 9 June 1986 |
Carlton | 22.10 (142) | North Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | Princes Park | 31,985 | 9 June 1986 |
Richmond | 15.7 (97) | Footscray | 12.8 (80) | MCG | 35,360 | 9 June 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Sydney | 13.13 (91) | North Melbourne | 14.11 (95) | SCG | 26,581 | 13 June 1986 |
Melbourne | 17.23 (125) | Richmond | 21.8 (134) | MCG | 19,032 | 14 June 1986 |
Fitzroy | 22.13 (145) | Geelong | 11.11 (77) | Victoria Park | 10,987 | 14 June 1986 |
St Kilda | 10.15 (75) | Footscray | 24.10 (154) | Moorabbin Oval | 12,520 | 14 June 1986 |
Essendon | 13.16 (94) | Collingwood | 18.12 (120) | VFL Park | 27,611 | 14 June 1986 |
Hawthorn | 19.19 (133) | Carlton | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 57,634 | 15 June 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 21.26 (152) | North Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Princes Park | 16,145 | 21 June 1986 |
Collingwood | 14.11 (95) | Sydney | 14.12 (96) | Victoria Park | 27,611 | 21 June 1986 |
St Kilda | 15.11 (101) | Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | Moorabbin Oval | 11,242 | 21 June 1986 |
Footscray | 22.11 (143) | Fitzroy | 8.7 (55) | Western Oval | 16,318 | 21 June 1986 |
Geelong | 11.11 (77) | Essendon | 12.17 (89) | Kardinia Park | 17,646 | 21 June 1986 |
Richmond | 11.7 (73) | Carlton | 19.18 (132) | VFL Park | 26,231 | 21 June 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 8.8 (56) | Footscray | 12.13 (85) | Windy Hill | 21,382 | 28 June 1986 |
Collingwood | 17.13 (115) | North Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | Victoria Park | 21,351 | 28 June 1986 |
Carlton | 24.19 (163) | St Kilda | 11.10 (76) | Princes Park | 14,760 | 28 June 1986 |
Richmond | 11.8 (74) | Hawthorn | 26.19 (175) | MCG | 20,264 | 28 June 1986 |
Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | Fitzroy | 11.5 (71) | VFL Park | 10,049 | 28 June 1986 |
Sydney | 17.11 (113) | Geelong | 13.13 (91) | SCG | 22,106 | 29 June 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 13.8 (86) | Richmond | 16.18 (114) | MCG | 16,975 | 4 July 1986 |
Hawthorn | 8.11 (59) | St Kilda | 5.8 (38) | Princes Park | 6,488 | 5 July 1986 |
Footscray | 11.4 (70) | Sydney | 12.14 (86) | Western Oval | 21,863 | 5 July 1986 |
Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | Essendon | 27.20 (182) | MCG | 21,560 | 5 July 1986 |
Geelong | 8.10 (58) | Collingwood | 19.15 (129) | Kardinia Park | 18,067 | 5 July 1986 |
Fitzroy | 8.11 (59) | Carlton | 7.11 (53) | VFL Park | 14,962 | 5 July 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 16.16 (112) | St Kilda | 13.7 (85) | Kardinia Park | 9,480 | 12 July 1986 |
North Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Carlton | 22.17 (149) | MCG | 24,506 | 12 July 1986 |
Melbourne | 6.14 (50) | Hawthorn | 17.15 (117) | VFL Park | 10,272 | 12 July 1986 |
Sydney | 24.18 (162) | Essendon | 15.13 (103) | SCG | 33,192 | 13 July 1986 |
Footscray | 17.20 (122) | Richmond | 14.11 (95) | Western Oval | 19,341 | 19 July 1986 |
Fitzroy | 12.13 (85) | Collingwood | 20.12 (132) | VFL Park | 34,488 | 19 July 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 15.15 (105) | Carlton | 11.14 (80) | MCG | 51,646 | 20 July 1986 |
St Kilda | 20.9 (129) | Richmond | 7.12 (54) | Moorabbin Oval | 11,889 | 26 July 1986 |
Hawthorn | 6.9 (45) | Fitzroy | 14.12 (96) | Princes Park | 9,876 | 26 July 1986 |
Geelong | 19.9 (123) | North Melbourne | 22.10 (142) | VFL Park | 10,091 | 26 July 1986 |
Collingwood | 11.10 (76) | Footscray | 9.11 (65) | MCG | 49,124 | 26 July 1986 |
Sydney | 29.15 (189) | Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | SCG | 19,110 | 27 July 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 21.11 (137) | Hawthorn | 6.14 (50) | Windy Hill | 21,320 | 2 August 1986 |
Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | Melbourne | 16.9 (105) | Victoria Park | 10,943 | 2 August 1986 |
Carlton | 15.14 (104) | Sydney | 12.15 (87) | Princes Park | 27,644 | 2 August 1986 |
St Kilda | 13.12 (90) | North Melbourne | 19.13 (127) | Moorabbin Oval | 11,413 | 2 August 1986 |
Richmond | 11.19 (85) | Fitzroy | 13.16 (94) | MCG | 15,200 | 2 August 1986 |
Footscray | 11.13 (79) | Geelong | 10.16 (76) | VFL Park | 11,460 | 2 August 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 24.16 (160) | St Kilda | 11.9 (75) | Victoria Park | 8,311 | 9 August 1986 |
Melbourne | 18.19 (127) | Geelong | 17.18 (120) | MCG | 32,635 | 9 August 1986 |
North Melbourne | 20.20 (140) | Footscray | 10.23 (83) | MCG | 32,635 | 9 August 1986 |
Essendon | 23.16 (154) | Richmond | 11.9 (75) | VFL Park | 30,349 | 9 August 1986 |
Sydney | 10.13 (73) | Hawthorn | 27.9 (171) | SCG | 39,763 | 10 August 1986 |
Carlton | 21.10 (136) | Collingwood | 12.15 (87) | MCG | 72,505 | 10 August 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 14.12 (96) | Sydney | 21.18 (144) | MCG | 16,141 | 16 August 1986 |
Footscray | 19.14 (128) | Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | Western Oval | 11,924 | 16 August 1986 |
St Kilda | 6.12 (48) | Essendon | 11.16 (82) | Moorabbin Oval | 13,171 | 16 August 1986 |
Hawthorn | 20.24 (144) | Collingwood | 10.12 (72) | Princes Park | 16,597 | 16 August 1986 |
Geelong | 16.12 (108) | Carlton | 10.19 (79) | Kardinia Park | 11,987 | 16 August 1986 |
North Melbourne | 14.9 (93) | Fitzroy | 9.7 (61) | VFL Park | 15,931 | 16 August 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 28.14 (182) | North Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | MCG | 15,110 | 23 August 1986 |
Essendon | 8.13 (61) | Fitzroy | 14.12 (96) | Windy Hill | 18,910 | 23 August 1986 |
Collingwood | 23.18 (156) | Richmond | 8.7 (55) | Victoria Park | 17,800 | 23 August 1986 |
Hawthorn | 35.15 (225) | Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Princes Park | 9,848 | 23 August 1986 |
Carlton | 23.13 (151) | Footscray | 10.12 (72) | VFL Park | 28,697 | 23 August 1986 |
Sydney | 20.20 (140) | St Kilda | 16.15 (111) | SCG | 18,179 | 24 August 1986 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 7.13 (55) | Hawthorn | 19.11 (125) | Western Oval | 15,196 | 30 August 1986 |
Fitzroy | 9.19 (73) | Sydney | 8.15 (63) | Victoria Park | 17,141 | 30 August 1986 |
Essendon | 10.19 (79) | North Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | Windy Hill | 17,982 | 30 August 1986 |
Carlton | 20.19 (139) | Melbourne | 6.17 (53) | Princes Park | 17,455 | 30 August 1986 |
Richmond | 15.14 (104) | Geelong | 20.16 (136) | MCG | 13,569 | 30 August 1986 |
St Kilda | 11.7 (73) | Collingwood | 18.17 (125) | VFL Park | 30,442 | 30 August 1986 |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2698 | 1906 | 141.6 | 72 |
2 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2470 | 2087 | 118.4 | 64 |
3 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2566 | 1809 | 141.8 | 60 |
4 | Fitzroy | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2068 | 2063 | 100.2 | 52 |
5 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2379 | 1978 | 120.3 | 48 |
6 | Collingwood | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2261 | 2070 | 109.2 | 48 |
7 | North Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2324 | 2356 | 98.6 | 48 |
8 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1963 | 2010 | 97.7 | 44 |
9 | Geelong | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2133 | 2599 | 82.1 | 28 |
10 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2151 | 2745 | 78.4 | 28 |
11 | Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2003 | 2673 | 74.9 | 28 |
12 | St Kilda | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1846 | 2566 | 71.9 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 101.8
Source: AFL Tables
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Fitzroy | 8.10 (58) | Essendon | 8.9 (57) | Waverley Park | 59,420 | Saturday, 6 September |
Sydney | 15.14 (104) | Carlton | 18.12 (120) | MCG | 66,016 | Sunday, 7 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Hawthorn | 13.6 (84) | Carlton | 16.16 (112) | Waverley Park | 62,315 | Saturday, 13 September |
Sydney | 13.11 (89) | Fitzroy | 13.16 (94) | MCG | 65,763 | Sunday, 14 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Hawthorn | 16.14 (110) | Fitzroy | 7.12 (54) | Waverley Park | 68,339 | Saturday, 20 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Carlton | 9.14 (68) | Hawthorn | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 101,861 | Saturday, 27 September |