1985 Australian Football Championships
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox tournament
| name =1985 Australian Football Championships
| image =
| caption =
| sport =Australian football
| location =Adelaide and Perth, Australia
| start_date = 14 May 1985
| month_played =
| end_date = 16 July 1985
| established =
| defunct =
| teams = 3
| number =
| commissioner = Australian National Football Council
| format = Round Robin
| current_champion =
| final_champion = South Australia
| previous = 1984
| next = 1986
}}
The 1985 Australian Football Championships was an Australian rules football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria were played under State of Origin rules, whilst the match between Western Australia and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition drew controversy when the result of the game between Victoria and South Australia, originally a 57 point win to Victoria, was overturned and awarded to South Australia as a result of Victoria fielding too many players when coach Kevin Sheedy snuck Shane Heard into the squad and into the team as an extra player.{{cite news|title=League sacks Victoria|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122516480/13756911|accessdate=20 February 2016|agency=The Canberra Times|date=17 June 1985|page=28}}{{cite news|last1=McFarlane|first1=Glenn|title=Glenn's 10: Glenn McFarlane names the top 10 moments in State-of-Origin footy|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/glenns-10-glenn-mcfarlane-names-the-top-10-moments-in-stateoforigin-footy/story-fni5f067-1226935963256|accessdate=20 February 2016|agency=Herald Sun|publisher=News Limited|date=29 May 2014}} The competition was won by South Australia, and it was their first Australian championship since 1911.{{cite news|title=SA regains lost prestige|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122516461|accessdate=20 February 2016|agency=The Canberra Times|date=16 June 1985|page=Sport 6}}
Results
= Game 1 =
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|- style="background:#ccf;"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Broadcast Network
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 11.10 (76)
| Victoria
| 20.13 (133)
| 44,287
| 8:00pm
| Seven
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- Match awarded to South Australia at a National Football League appeal hearing on 16 June 1985. Victoria forfeited the match but retained the percentage in relation to points scored for and against.
- Fos Williams Medal: Peter Motley (South Australia){{cite web|title=Fos Williams Medallist|url=http://www.sanfl.com.au/awards/fos_williams_medallist/|website=South Australian National Football League|accessdate=15 February 2016|archive-date=1 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001042130/http://www.sanfl.com.au/awards/fos_williams_medallist/|url-status=dead}}
= Game 2 =
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|- style="background:#ccf;"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Broadcast Network
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 30.18 (198)
| 16.15 (111)
|
|
|
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= Game 3 =
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|- style="background:#ccf;"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Broadcast Network
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Victoria
| 19.16 (130)
| 9.11 (65)
| 38,000
|
|
{{s-end}}
Standings
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|title=1985 Australian Championship
|loss_before_draw=true|for_against_style=points|use_goal_percentage=y|winpoints=2
|status_text_P=Premiers
|team1=SA |name_SA =South Australia
|team2=VIC|name_VIC=Victoria
|team3=WA |name_WA =Western Australia
|win_SA =2|loss_SA =0|draw_SA =0|pf_SA =274|pa_SA =244
|win_VIC=1|loss_VIC=1|draw_VIC=0|pf_VIC=263|pa_VIC=141
|win_WA =0|loss_WA =2|draw_WA =0|pf_WA =176|pa_WA =328
|update=complete|source={{cite book
|chapter=Australian National Football Councils Carnivals
|title=The Aussie Rules: Records & Stats Trivia Book
|last=Doherty
|first=Francis
|year=2000
|publisher=New Holland Publishers
|pages=243
|isbn=9781740514019
}}
}}
All-Australian Team
Following completion of the series, the best players over the three games were selected in the All-Australian team.{{cite news|title=Sheedy tables his top 20 in 20 years|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gVBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6254%2C1398581|accessdate=21 February 2016|agency=The Age|date=18 July 1985}}
{{main|1985 All-Australian team}}
| backpocket1 = Garry Foulds (Vic)
| fullback = Gary Pert (Vic)
| backpocket2 = Terry Daniher (Vic)
| halfbackflank1 = Rod Lester-Smith (WA)
| centrehalfback = Paul Roos (Vic)
| halfbackflank2 = Peter Motley (SA)
| wing1 = Craig Bradley (SA)
| centre = Geoff Raines (Vic)
| wing2 = Gary Buckenara (WA)
| halfforwardflank1 = Dermott Brereton (Vic)
| centrehalfforward = Stephen Kernahan (SA)
| halfforwardflank2 = Mark Harvey (Vic)
| forwardpocket1 = Leon Baker (WA)
| fullforward = Roger Merrett (Vic)
| forwardpocket2 = John Platten (SA)
| ruck = Mark Lee (Vic)
| ruckrover = Russell Greene (Vic)
| rover = Dale Weightman (Vic)
| interchange1 = Malcolm Blight (SA)
| interchange2 = Michael Mitchell (WA)
| interchange3 =
| interchange4 =
| interchange5 =
| interchange6 =
| coach = Kevin Sheedy (Vic)
}}
Squads
References
{{reflist}}
{{Interstate matches in Australian rules football}}
{{1985 All-Australian team}}
{{1985 Western Australia State of Origin players}}
{{Tassie Medal winners}}