Moorabbin Oval · Sat 16 Aug 1986 · 13,171 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.12 | 48 |
| EssendonESS | 0.4 | 4.7 | 7.10 | 82 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 48 and 82.
Essendon won by 34 points.
6.12 (48) — 11.16 (82)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Nixon | 20 | 13 | 33 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Phil Narkle | 21 | 2 | 23 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Kiel | 12 | 11 | 23 | 5 | — |
| 0 |
| Brendan Littler | 10 | 11 | 21 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Paul Temay | 14 | 7 | 21 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter McConville | 12 | 8 | 20 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Gary Odgers | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Daryl Cunningham | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jon Collins | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Gamble | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| David Grant | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Ben Ingleton | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Andrew Jobling | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Warren Jones | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Greg Burns | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Danny Frawley | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Tony Evans | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Tony Lockett | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Bradley Gotch | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Peter-Budge | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Foulds | 23 | 5 | 28 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Leon Baker | 21 | 5 | 26 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Mark Harvey | 18 | 5 | 23 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Mark Thompson | 10 | 13 | 23 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neil Clarke | 10 | 12 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Frank Dunell | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Richardson | 11 | 8 | 19 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Alan Ezard | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Bill Duckworth | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Walsh | 10 | 5 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Tony Elshaug | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Paul Salmon | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Terry Daniher | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Steven Clark | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Paul Hamilton | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ed Considine | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Roger Merrett | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Nick Walsh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |