1985 VFL season
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[edit] Night Series Competition
Hawthorn 11.11 (77) defeated Essendon 10.8 (68)
[edit] Ladder
All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of . An additional 6 games were played during the finals series.
| Team | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points scored | Points against | % | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2755 | 1991 | 138.4 | 76 |
| 2 | Footscray | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2417 | 2000 | 120.9 | 64 |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2647 | 2015 | 130.8 | 62 |
| 4 | Carlton | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2430 | 2104 | 115.5 | 60 |
| 5 | North Melbourne | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2379 | 2431 | 97.9 | 54 |
| 6 | Geelong | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2277 | 2263 | 100.6 | 48 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2197 | 2180 | 100.8 | 40 |
| 8 | Richmond | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2362 | 2590 | 91.2 | 36 |
| 9 | Fitzroy | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2301 | 2452 | 93.8 | 28 |
| 10 | Sydney | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2219 | 2349 | 94.5 | 24 |
| 11 | Melbourne | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1965 | 2527 | 77.8 | 24 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1899 | 2937 | 64.7 | 12 |
[edit] Finals
[edit] Elimination Finals
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Carlton Blues | 6.11 (47) | North Melbourne Kangaroos | 20.6 (126) | Waverley Park | 49,126 | Saturday, 7 September |
[edit] Qualifying Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Footscray Bulldogs | 8.14 (62) | Hawthorn Hawks | 22.23 (155) | MCG | 58,449 | Sunday, 8 September |
[edit] Semi Finals
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Footscray Bulldogs | 19.23 (137) | North Melbourne Kangaroos | 16.11 (107) | MCG | 56,112 | Saturday, 14 September |
| Essendon Bombers | 14.18 (102) | Hawthorn Hawks | 9.8 (62) | Waverley Park | 67,063 | Sunday, 15 September |
[edit] Preliminary Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Hawthorn Hawks | 16.13 (109) | Footscray Bulldogs | 15.9 (99) | Waverley Park | 55,246 | Saturday, 21 September |
[edit] Grand Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Essendon Bombers | 26.14 (170) | Hawthorn Hawks | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 100,042 | Saturday, 28 September |
[edit] Awards
The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Brad Hardie of Footscray
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Greg Williams of Geelong.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Simon Beasley of Footscray.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Simon Madden of Essendon.
The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to St Kilda.
[edit] Attendance
A total of 3,114,850 attended matches during the 1985 VFL season (including finals), an average of 22,571 per match. A total of 386,038 attended finals matches, for an average of 64,340 per match.
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