1985 VFL season
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
Premiership season -- Round 18
The 1985 Victorian Football League season was the 89th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. This season commenced in March 1985 and concluded on 28 September 1985 with Essendon winning their second consecutive premiership in a third consecutive Grand Final against Hawthorn.