North Melbourne vs Footscray 22-Jun-1985 Match Centre

Saturday 22-Jun-1985

Final Round 13

North Melbourne Coach: John Kennedy

75 9.21

77 11.11

Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	2.8	1.4	3.7	3.2	75
FTS	4.3	4.5	1.0	2.3	77

Match Leaders

Goals

Simon BeasleyFTS

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Donald McDonaldNTH

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

NTHFTS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals11

16Behinds11

3Behinds Rushed3

Possession

303Disposals288

211Kicks225

92Handballs63

Clearance / Contest

17Hitouts18

Other

71Marks81

37Frees For28

28Frees Against37

How the match finished

Footscray beat North Melbourne by 2 points, 77–75.

Footscray took a 7-point lead into the last quarter. North Melbourne cut that back to 2 by the final siren, scoring 20 points to 15 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage