Windy Hill · Sat 19 Apr 1986 · 18,265 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 7.3 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 170 |
| MelbourneMELB | 5.2 | 10.4 | 13.4 | 108 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 170 and 108.
Essendon won by 62 points.
27.8 (170) — 17.6 (108)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Heard | 14 | 12 | 26 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Bryan Wood | 20 | 6 | 26 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Elshaug | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2 | — |
| 0 |
| Roger Merrett | 17 | 7 | 24 | 7 | — | 6 |
| Geoff Raines | 11 | 13 | 24 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 15 | 8 | 23 | 8 | — | 5 |
| Mark Thompson | 12 | 11 | 23 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Michael Thomson | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Alan Ezard | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Glenn Hawker | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darren Williams | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Walsh | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Paul Salmon | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Steven Clark | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Brian Winton | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Trevor Spencer | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Simon Madden | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Frank Dunell | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Bradbury | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Healy | 14 | 10 | 24 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Stephen Newport | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Chris Connolly | 13 | 6 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Steven Stretch | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Bourke | 12 | 6 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Darren Louttit | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Adrian Battiston | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Withers | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bret Bailey | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Steve Turner | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Nigel Kol | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Michael Reynolds | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Brian Wilson | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Garry Lyon | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Russell Richards | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Simon Eishold | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Dale Dickson | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Allday | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Danny Hughes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Flower | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |