1981 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 129.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): John Mossop (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Terry Bright (48)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Peter Featherby

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ian Nankervis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Blake, Rod #16 18 R01-R04, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 26
Bogunovich, Ramsay #29 2 R03, R05 0
Bos, Mark #24 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 3
Bright, Terry #4 23 R01-R10, R12-R22, QF, PF 48
Bruns, Neville #19 22 R01-R02, R06-R22, QF, SF, PF 25
Card, Ray #20 15 R01-R02, R08-R18, R20-R21 0
Clarke, David #14 13 R02-R05, R10-R14, R17, R19, R21, SF 18
Dowsett, Craig #27 1 R04 0
Featherby, Peter #11 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 23
Flanigan, Darren #44 1 R20 0
Floyd, Tommy #37 11 R01-R02, R06-R11, R16-R18 5
Harrison, Phil #23 2 R05, R08 1
Hawkins, Jack #26 15 R09-R16, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 2
Jeffreys, Paul #22 20 R01-R02, R05-R10, R12-R16, R18-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF 13
Johnston, Peter #3 11 R01-R05, R08, R11-R12, R16, SF, PF 18
King, Leo #38 4 R06-R09 8
Lunn, Stephen #39 16 R01-R04, R06-R08, R14, R17, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 12
Malarkey, Gary #5 24 R01-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 0
Mangels, Alan #12 2 R03, R12 2
Matthews, Kelvin #7 12 R07-R18 21
Middlemiss, Glenn #14 3 R02-R04 1
Mossop, John #10 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 28
Murrie, Richard #31 8 R05-R08, R21-R22, QF, PF 0
Nankervis, Bruce #33 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 7
Nankervis, Ian #40 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 3
Neal, Robert #35 17 R09-R22, QF, SF, PF 11
Peake, Brian #27 13 R13-R22, QF, SF, PF 7
Preston, Andy #28 6 R03, R06-R07, R11, R19, SF 1
Reed, Malcolm #1 3 R01, R04, R18 0
Reynoldson, Steve #17 22 R01-R02, R04-R11, R13, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 23
Sheehan, Kevin #8 2 R03, R05 0
Sidebottom, Garry #6 7 R01-R02, R04-R05, R09-R11 6
Taylor, Zane #34 6 R01, R03-R04, R06-R07, PF 4
Toohey, Bernard #15 17 R05-R11, R15-R22, QF, SF 2
Turner, Mick #9 13 R01-R06, R12-R15, R22, QF, SF 11
Witcombe, Murray #18 24 R01, R03-R22, QF, SF, PF 21
Yeates, Mark #21 22 R02-R07, R09-R22, QF, PF 3

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Goggin, Bill 25 17 -0- 8 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1981 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 6 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
04/04/1981 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN GEE by 2 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
11/04/1981 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 27 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
20/04/1981 Round 4 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
25/04/1981 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 28 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
03/05/1981 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 49 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
09/05/1981 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN GEE by 3 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
16/05/1981 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 5 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
23/05/1981 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN GEE by 21 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
30/05/1981 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 22 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
08/06/1981 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 35 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
13/06/1981 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 100 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
20/06/1981 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 114 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
27/06/1981 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 18 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
11/07/1981 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 30 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
18/07/1981 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 88 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
25/07/1981 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 14 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
01/08/1981 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 33 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
08/08/1981 Round 19 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 15 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
15/08/1981 Round 20 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 53 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
22/08/1981 Round 21 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 69 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
29/08/1981 Round 22 Essendon AWAY WIN GEE by 8 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
05/09/1981 Qualifying Final Collingwood AWAY WIN GEE by 14 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
12/09/1981 Semi Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 40 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
19/09/1981 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 7 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis