| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Australian football |
| Location | Adelaide andPerth,Australia |
| Dates | 14 May 1985–16 July 1985 |
| Format | Round Robin |
| Teams | 3 |
| Final champion | |
| South Australia | |
The1985 Australian Football Championships was anAustralian rules football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involvingVictoria were played underState of Origin rules, whilst the match betweenWestern Australia andSouth Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition drew controversy when the result of the game betweenVictoria andSouth 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 coachKevin Sheedy snuckShane Heard into the squad and into the team as an extra player.[1][2] The competition was won by South Australia, and it was their first Australian championship since 1911.[3]
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Time | Broadcast Network |
| South Australia | 11.10 (76) | Victoria | 20.13 (133) | Football Park | 44,287 | 14 May 1985[4] | 8:00pm | Seven |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Time | Broadcast Network |
| South Australia | 30.18 (198) | Western Australia | 16.15 (111) | Subiaco Oval | 15 June 1985[3] |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Time | Broadcast Network |
| Victoria | 19.16 (130) | Western Australia | 9.11 (65) | Subiaco Oval | 38,000 | 16 July 1985[6] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 244 | 112.3 | 4 |
| 2 | Victoria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 263 | 141 | 186.5 | 2 |
| 3 | Western Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 176 | 328 | 53.7 | 0 |
Following completion of the series, the best players over the three games were selected in theAll-Australian team.[8]
| B: | Garry Foulds (Vic) | Gary Pert (Vic) | Terry Daniher (Vic) |
| HB: | Rod Lester-Smith (WA) | Paul Roos (Vic) | Peter Motley (SA) |
| C: | Craig Bradley (SA) | Geoff Raines (Vic) | Gary Buckenara (WA) |
| HF: | Dermott Brereton (Vic) | Stephen Kernahan (SA) | Mark Harvey (Vic) |
| F: | Leon Baker (WA) | Roger Merrett (Vic) | John Platten (SA) |
| Foll: | Mark Lee (Vic) | Russell Greene (Vic) | Dale Weightman (Vic) |
| Int: | Malcolm Blight (SA) | Michael Mitchell (WA) | |
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| Coach: | Kevin Sheedy (Vic) | ||
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