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Encyclopedia > 1986 VFL season

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Night Series Competition

Hawthorn 9.12 (66) defeated Carlton 5.6 (36) The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ...


Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of . An additional 6 games were played during the finals series.

Team Won Lost Draw % Points
1 Hawthorn 18 4 0 142 72
2 Sydney 16 6 0 118 64
3 Carlton 15 7 0 142 60
4 Fitzroy 13 9 0 100 52
5 Essendon 12 10 0 120 48
6 Collingwood 12 10 0 109 48
7 Kangaroos 12 10 0 99 48
8 Footscray 11 11 0 98 44
9 Geelong 7 15 0 82 28
10 Richmond 7 15 0 78 28
11 Melbourne 7 15 0 75 28
12 St Kilda 2 20 0 72 8

The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... Kangaroos Football Club Logo The North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos Football Club, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...

Finals

Elimination Finals

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Fitzroy Lions 8.10 (58) Essendon Bombers 8.9 (57) Waverley Park 59,420 Saturday, 6 September

The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Qualifying Final

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Sydney Swans 15.14 (104) Carlton Blues 18.12 (120) MCG 66,016 Sunday, 7 September

The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... MCG redirects here. ...

Semi Finals

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Hawthorn Hawks 13.6 (84) Carlton Blues 16.16 (112) Waverley Park 62,315 Saturday, 13 September
Sydney Swans 13.11 (89) Fitzroy Lions 13.16 (94) MCG 65,763 Sunday, 14 September

The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... MCG redirects here. ...

Preliminary Final

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Hawthorn Hawks 16.14 (110) Fitzroy Lions 7.12 (54) Waverley Park 68,339 Saturday, 20 September

The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Grand Final

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Carlton Blues 9.14 (68) Hawthorn Hawks 16.14 (110) MCG 101,861 Saturday, 27 September

The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... MCG redirects here. ...

Awards

The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Greg Williams of the Sydney Swans The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an annual medal awarded to the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie. ... Greg Diesel Williams (born September 30, 1963) was a former champion Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans, Geelong Football Club and the Carlton Football Club. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...


The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Paul Roos of Fitzroy. The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. ... Paul Roos Paul Roos is a player and coach in the Australian Football League. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ...


The Coleman Medal was awarded to Brian Taylor of Collingwood. The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year. ... Early Career Brian Dolphin Taylor is a British drummer, whose career started when he gave a friend a lift to audition as bass guitarist, for the Tom Robinson Band in 1976. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ...


The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Gary Ayres of Hawthorn. The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in AFL grand final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match. ... Gary Ayres (born September 28, 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. ... The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...


The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to St Kilda. A wooden spoon is a long-handled spoon, usually used in food preparation, that is made of wood. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...

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