1985 Australian Football Championships
The 1985 Australian Football Championships was an Australian rules football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria [Australian rules football team|Victoria] were played under Interstate [matches in Australian rules football#State of Origin competition & results 1977–1999|State of Origin] rules, whilst the match between Western [Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia] and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition drew controversy when the result of the game between Victoria and South 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 coach Kevin Sheedy snuck Shane Heard into the squad and into the team as an extra player. The competition was won by South Australia, and it was their first Australian championship since 1911.
Results
Game 1
- Match awarded to South Australia at a National Football League appeal hearing on 16 June 1985. Victoria forfeited the match but retained the percentage in relation to points scored for and against.
- Fos Williams Medal: Peter Motley