1986 VFL season

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1986 VFL premiership season
Teams12
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 played138
Total attendance3,395,611 (24,606 per match)
Highest101,861
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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.

Contents

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.

Night series

Hawthorn defeated Carlton 9.12 (66) to 5.6 (36) in the final.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Collingwood 10.8 (68) Essendon 19.19 (133) Victoria Park 28,63429 March 1986
Richmond 19.14 (128) Melbourne 20.18 (138) MCG 25,21929 March 1986
Geelong 11.18 (84) Fitzroy 16.16 (112) Kardinia Park 21,50029 March 1986
North Melbourne 15.11 (101) Sydney 20.6 (126) MCG 22,57931 March 1986
Footscray 14.23 (107) St Kilda 12.18 (90) Western Oval 22,49931 March 1986
Hawthorn 17.11 (113) Carlton 11.11 (77) VFL Park 48,10731 March 1986

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 16.12 (108) Hawthorn 17.9 (111) MCG 26,4564 April 1986
Melbourne 21.10 (136) St Kilda 16.12 (108) MCG 20,8015 April 1986
Essendon 21.22 (148) Geelong 7.9 (51) Windy Hill 19,3775 April 1986
Carlton 18.17 (125) Richmond 15.5 (95) Princes Park 20,5285 April 1986
Fitzroy 10.19 (79) Footscray 10.9 (69) VFL Park 20,4395 April 1986
Sydney 19.20 (134) Collingwood 15.10 (100) SCG 20,2436 April 1986

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 22.22 (154) Richmond 15.9 (99) Princes Park 11,27412 April 1986
Geelong 15.15 (105) Sydney 19.18 (132) Kardinia Park 16,88212 April 1986
Fitzroy 14.20 (104) Melbourne 13.10 (88) Victoria Park 12,59912 April 1986
North Melbourne 17.10 (112) Collingwood 9.15 (69) MCG 29,84212 April 1986
St Kilda 10.9 (69) Carlton 24.13 (157) Moorabbin Oval 19,41012 April 1986
Footscray 11.15 (81) Essendon 13.11 (89) VFL Park 33,54612 April 1986

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 27.8 (170) Melbourne 17.6 (108) Windy Hill 18,26519 April 1986
Collingwood 20.16 (136) Geelong 13.13 (91) Victoria Park 19,82619 April 1986
Carlton 22.24 (156) Fitzroy 10.15 (75) Princes Park 27,62019 April 1986
St Kilda 17.14 (116) Hawthorn 19.14 (128) Moorabbin Oval 11,67019 April 1986
Richmond 17.11 (113) North Melbourne 14.12 (96) VFL Park 17,22319 April 1986
Sydney 20.22 (142) Footscray 9.12 (66) SCG 18,76620 April 1986

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 14.17 (101) Sydney 16.14 (110) MCG 40,11725 April 1986
North Melbourne 24.10 (154) Geelong 14.8 (92) MCG 40,11725 April 1986
Carlton 10.11 (71) Essendon 8.7 (55) VFL Park 68,15125 April 1986
Richmond 20.15 (135) St Kilda 11.18 (84) MCG 21,61126 April 1986
Fitzroy 13.26 (104) Hawthorn 13.12 (90) Victoria Park 13,31126 April 1986
Footscray 10.20 (80) Collingwood 10.13 (73) Western Oval 23,68326 April 1986

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 19.25 (139) St Kilda 15.13 (103) MCG 13,5222 May 1986
Geelong 16.14 (110) Footscray 13.13 (91) Kardinia Park 15,4113 May 1986
Melbourne 11.17 (83) Collingwood 17.19 (121) MCG 32,4723 May 1986
Richmond 17.20 (122) Fitzroy 18.13 (121) Princes Park 12,8773 May 1986
Hawthorn 19.12 (126) Essendon 15.12 (102) VFL Park 38,3813 May 1986
Sydney 18.12 (120) Carlton 13.20 (98) SCG 37,8734 May 1986

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 18.25 (133) Sydney 15.10 (100) Princes Park 17,73110 May 1986
Footscray 14.11 (95) North Melbourne 10.17 (77) Western Oval 18,19610 May 1986
St Kilda 10.14 (74) Fitzroy 12.15 (87) Moorabbin Oval 11,29610 May 1986
Richmond 16.9 (105) Essendon 21.19 (145) MCG 38,45610 May 1986
Collingwood 9.15 (69) Carlton 16.13 (109) Victoria Park 28,56910 May 1986
Geelong 12.17 (89) Melbourne 7.16 (58) VFL Park 14,50410 May 1986

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 14.13 (97) North Melbourne 18.12 (120) Victoria Park 12,18917 May 1986
Essendon 22.14 (146) St Kilda 12.12 (84) Windy Hill 14,54917 May 1986
Carlton 20.14 (134) Geelong 16.9 (105) Princes Park 21,62817 May 1986
Melbourne 20.12 (132) Footscray 11.14 (80) MCG 18,19617 May 1986
Collingwood 8.11 (59) Hawthorn 15.14 (104) VFL Park 26,03217 May 1986
Sydney 16.15 (111) Richmond 16.16 (112) SCG 25,10318 May 1986

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
St Kilda 5.8 (38) Sydney 6.11 (47) Moorabbin Oval 12,49224 May 1986
Fitzroy 18.7 (115) Essendon 10.10 (70) Victoria Park 14,97924 May 1986
Richmond 11.10 (76) Collingwood 16.16 (112) MCG 41,94524 May 1986
Footscray 7.8 (50) Carlton 4.12 (36) Western Oval 21,47824 May 1986
North Melbourne 12.11 (83) Melbourne 6.12 (48) VFL Park 14,47824 May 1986
Geelong 12.14 (86) Hawthorn 19.5 (119) Kardinia Park 21,37525 May 1986

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 21.11 (137) Essendon 18.13 (121) MCG 40,30130 May 1986
Geelong 19.12 (126) Richmond 16.14 (110) Kardinia Park 12,71231 May 1986
Hawthorn 11.13 (79) Footscray 16.12 (108) Princes Park 15,78431 May 1986
Melbourne 6.13 (49) Carlton 25.15 (165) MCG 27,44031 May 1986
Collingwood 19.19 (133) St Kilda 14.7 (91) VFL Park 24,86531 May 1986
Sydney 18.18 (126) Fitzroy 14.17 (101) SCG 23,0911 June 1986

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 21.19 (145) Melbourne 9.6 (60) Princes Park 10,9197 June 1986
Collingwood 18.14 (122) Fitzroy 11.12 (78) Victoria Park 27,1667 June 1986
St Kilda 13.10 (88) Geelong 19.12 (126) VFL Park 21,8057 June 1986
Essendon 9.4 (58) Sydney 10.18 (78) Windy Hill 27,2679 June 1986
Carlton 22.10 (142) North Melbourne 9.10 (64) Princes Park 31,9859 June 1986
Richmond 15.7 (97) Footscray 12.8 (80) MCG 35,3609 June 1986

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Sydney 13.13 (91) North Melbourne 14.11 (95) SCG 26,58113 June 1986
Melbourne 17.23 (125) Richmond 21.8 (134) MCG 19,03214 June 1986
Fitzroy 22.13 (145) Geelong 11.11 (77) Victoria Park 10,98714 June 1986
St Kilda 10.15 (75) Footscray 24.10 (154) Moorabbin Oval 12,52014 June 1986
Essendon 13.16 (94) Collingwood 18.12 (120) VFL Park 27,61114 June 1986
Hawthorn 19.19 (133) Carlton 16.14 (110) MCG 57,63415 June 1986

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 21.26 (152) North Melbourne 13.14 (92) Princes Park 16,14521 June 1986
Collingwood 14.11 (95) Sydney 14.12 (96) Victoria Park 27,61121 June 1986
St Kilda 15.11 (101) Melbourne 7.7 (49) Moorabbin Oval 11,24221 June 1986
Footscray 22.11 (143) Fitzroy 8.7 (55) Western Oval 16,31821 June 1986
Geelong 11.11 (77) Essendon 12.17 (89) Kardinia Park 17,64621 June 1986
Richmond 11.7 (73) Carlton 19.18 (132) VFL Park 26,23121 June 1986

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 8.8 (56) Footscray 12.13 (85) Windy Hill 21,38228 June 1986
Collingwood 17.13 (115) North Melbourne 9.14 (68) Victoria Park 21,35128 June 1986
Carlton 24.19 (163) St Kilda 11.10 (76) Princes Park 14,76028 June 1986
Richmond 11.8 (74) Hawthorn 26.19 (175) MCG 20,26428 June 1986
Melbourne 17.13 (115) Fitzroy 11.5 (71) VFL Park 10,04928 June 1986
Sydney 17.11 (113) Geelong 13.13 (91) SCG 22,10629 June 1986

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 13.8 (86) Richmond 16.18 (114) MCG 16,9754 July 1986
Hawthorn 8.11 (59) St Kilda 5.8 (38) Princes Park 6,4885 July 1986
Footscray 11.4 (70) Sydney 12.14 (86) Western Oval 21,8635 July 1986
Melbourne 8.12 (60) Essendon 27.20 (182) MCG 21,5605 July 1986
Geelong 8.10 (58) Collingwood 19.15 (129) Kardinia Park 18,0675 July 1986
Fitzroy 8.11 (59) Carlton 7.11 (53) VFL Park 14,9625 July 1986

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 16.16 (112) St Kilda 13.7 (85) Kardinia Park 9,48012 July 1986
North Melbourne 13.14 (92) Carlton 22.17 (149) MCG 24,50612 July 1986
Melbourne 6.14 (50) Hawthorn 17.15 (117) VFL Park 10,27212 July 1986
Sydney 24.18 (162) Essendon 15.13 (103) SCG 33,19213 July 1986
Footscray 17.20 (122) Richmond 14.11 (95) Western Oval 19,34119 July 1986
Fitzroy 12.13 (85) Collingwood 20.12 (132) VFL Park 34,48819 July 1986

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 15.15 (105) Carlton 11.14 (80) MCG 51,64620 July 1986
St Kilda 20.9 (129) Richmond 7.12 (54) Moorabbin Oval 11,88926 July 1986
Hawthorn 6.9 (45) Fitzroy 14.12 (96) Princes Park 9,87626 July 1986
Geelong 19.9 (123) North Melbourne 22.10 (142) VFL Park 10,09126 July 1986
Collingwood 11.10 (76) Footscray 9.11 (65) MCG 49,12426 July 1986
Sydney 29.15 (189) Melbourne 9.11 (65) SCG 19,11027 July 1986

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 21.11 (137) Hawthorn 6.14 (50) Windy Hill 21,3202 August 1986
Collingwood 13.14 (92) Melbourne 16.9 (105) Victoria Park 10,9432 August 1986
Carlton 15.14 (104) Sydney 12.15 (87) Princes Park 27,6442 August 1986
St Kilda 13.12 (90) North Melbourne 19.13 (127) Moorabbin Oval 11,4132 August 1986
Richmond 11.19 (85) Fitzroy 13.16 (94) MCG 15,2002 August 1986
Footscray 11.13 (79) Geelong 10.16 (76) VFL Park 11,4602 August 1986

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 24.16 (160) St Kilda 11.9 (75) Victoria Park 8,3119 August 1986
Melbourne 18.19 (127) Geelong 17.18 (120) MCG 32,6359 August 1986
North Melbourne 20.20 (140) Footscray 10.23 (83) MCG 32,6359 August 1986
Essendon 23.16 (154) Richmond 11.9 (75) VFL Park 30,3499 August 1986
Sydney 10.13 (73) Hawthorn 27.9 (171) SCG 39,76310 August 1986
Carlton 21.10 (136) Collingwood 12.15 (87) MCG 72,50510 August 1986

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 14.12 (96) Sydney 21.18 (144) MCG 16,14116 August 1986
Footscray 19.14 (128) Melbourne 10.11 (71) Western Oval 11,92416 August 1986
St Kilda 6.12 (48) Essendon 11.16 (82) Moorabbin Oval 13,17116 August 1986
Hawthorn 20.24 (144) Collingwood 10.12 (72) Princes Park 16,59716 August 1986
Geelong 16.12 (108) Carlton 10.19 (79) Kardinia Park 11,98716 August 1986
North Melbourne 14.9 (93) Fitzroy 9.7 (61) VFL Park 15,93116 August 1986

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 28.14 (182) North Melbourne 14.13 (97) MCG 15,11023 August 1986
Essendon 8.13 (61) Fitzroy 14.12 (96) Windy Hill 18,91023 August 1986
Collingwood 23.18 (156) Richmond 8.7 (55) Victoria Park 17,80023 August 1986
Hawthorn 35.15 (225) Geelong 13.12 (90) Princes Park 9,84823 August 1986
Carlton 23.13 (151) Footscray 10.12 (72) VFL Park 28,69723 August 1986
Sydney 20.20 (140) St Kilda 16.15 (111) SCG 18,17924 August 1986

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 7.13 (55) Hawthorn 19.11 (125) Western Oval 15,19630 August 1986
Fitzroy 9.19 (73) Sydney 8.15 (63) Victoria Park 17,14130 August 1986
Essendon 10.19 (79) North Melbourne 15.11 (101) Windy Hill 17,98230 August 1986
Carlton 20.19 (139) Melbourne 6.17 (53) Princes Park 17,45530 August 1986
Richmond 15.14 (104) Geelong 20.16 (136) MCG 13,56930 August 1986
St Kilda 11.7 (73) Collingwood 18.17 (125) VFL Park 30,44230 August 1986

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Hawthorn (P)22184026981906141.672
2 Sydney 22166024702087118.464
3 Carlton 22157025661809141.860
4 Fitzroy 22139020682063100.252
5 Essendon 221210023791978120.348
6 Collingwood 221210022612070109.248
7 North Melbourne 22121002324235698.648
8 Footscray 22111101963201097.744
9 Geelong 2271502133259982.128
10 Richmond 2271502151274578.428
11 Melbourne 2271502003267374.928
12 St Kilda 2222001846256671.98

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 101.8
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Finals week 1

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Fitzroy 8.10 (58) Essendon 8.9 (57) Waverley Park 59,420Saturday, 6 September
Sydney 15.14 (104) Carlton 18.12 (120) MCG 66,016Sunday, 7 September

Finals week 2

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Hawthorn 13.6 (84) Carlton 16.16 (112) Waverley Park 62,315Saturday, 13 September
Sydney 13.11 (89) Fitzroy 13.16 (94) MCG 65,763Sunday, 14 September

Preliminary final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Hawthorn 16.14 (110) Fitzroy 7.12 (54) Waverley Park 68,339Saturday, 20 September

Grand final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Carlton 9.14 (68) Hawthorn 16.14 (110) MCG 101,861Saturday, 27 September

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