Windy Hill · Sat 5 Apr 1986 · 19,387 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 4.5 | 5.9 | 11.13 | 148 |
| GeelongGEEL | 2.1 | 4.2 | 7.7 | 51 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 148 and 51.
Essendon won by 97 points.
21.22 (148) — 7.9 (51)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Watson | 21 | 11 | 32 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Thomson | 16 | 15 | 31 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Alan Ezard | 24 | 5 | 29 | 5 | — |
| 2 |
| Glenn Hawker | 18 | 8 | 26 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Brenton Phillips | 10 | 14 | 24 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 13 | 10 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 16 | 6 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Roger Merrett | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Mark Harvey | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Mark Thompson | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Wood | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Steven Clark | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Frank Dunell | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Walsh | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Darren Williams | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Tony Elshaug | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Paul Salmon | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Leon Baker | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Turner | 21 | 3 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Damian Drum | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Darren Flanigan | 12 | 8 | 20 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Steve Reynoldson | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Michael Kol | 14 | 4 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Tim Darcy | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Robert Neal | 8 | 10 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Neville Bruns | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Bos | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Steve Hocking | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Craig Cleave | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Craig Evans | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Martin Christensen | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Darren Morgan | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Lenaghan | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Bews | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Bright | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bill Brownless | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Michael Schulze | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |