1981 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 13-0-9, P%: 105.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Geoff Raines (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Michael Roach (86)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Geoff Raines

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bryan Wood

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bartlett, Kevin #29 22 R01-R22 58
Bottams, Phillip #38 1 R19 0
Bourke, Francis #30 11 R01-R05, R08-R09, R11-R14 0
Cloke, David #33 12 R01-R09, R20-R22 18
Dunne, Emmett #5 20 R01-R02, R04-R21 0
Freame, Daryl #44 2 R18, R20 1
Jess, Jim #20 18 R01-R02, R05-R09, R12-R22 23
Keane, Merv #18 6 R01-R06 0
Landy, Graeme #34 16 R02-R06, R08, R11, R14-R22 0
Lee, Mark #1 22 R01-R22 10
Malthouse, Mick #7 21 R01-R03, R05-R22 0
Martello, Alan #15 8 R14-R15, R17-R22 3
Martin, Geoff #32 5 R18-R22 3
Mount, Stephen #6 12 R03-R04, R06-R07, R10-R11, R16-R17, R19-R22 3
Nugent, Michael #37 13 R01, R03-R05, R08-R09, R11-R17 2
Oborne, Rod #23 1 R07 0
Raines, Geoff #4 20 R01-R07, R10-R22 6
Roach, Michael #8 21 R01-R13, R15-R22 86
Robertson, Graeme #24 9 R04, R06-R07, R10, R12-R13, R15, R18-R19 0
Rowlings, Barry #22 22 R01-R22 14
Sarah, Paul #11 14 R01-R07, R10, R16-R17, R19-R22 22
Scrimshaw, Ian #36 2 R02, R10 1
Semmens, Robert #27 5 R08-R09, R11-R13 0
Smith, Terry #10 19 R01, R05-R22 5
Strachan, Greg #19 22 R01-R22 0
Taylor, Brian #21 5 R10-R12, R14, R18 5
Tempany, Bruce #14 13 R01-R05, R10-R11, R16-R20, R22 5
Vernon, Daryl #40 4 R09, R12, R18-R19 1
Wall, Matthew #43 13 R03-R04, R07-R11, R13-R16, R18, R21 3
Waterson, Colin #12 10 R07-R09, R11-R17 8
Weightman, Dale #3 18 R01-R17, R22 14
Welsh, Peter #31 14 R01-R03, R06, R08-R10, R12-R15, R20-R22 22
Wiley, Robert #2 19 R01-R17, R21-R22 18
Williams, Shane #9 2 R10, R16 0
Wood, Bryan #16 18 R01-R09, R13-R15, R17-R22 2

Team Line-Up

Back:


Half-Back:


Centre:


Half-Forward:


Forward:


Follower:


Interchange:


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)
Jewell, Tony 22 13 -0- 9 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1981 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 62 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
04/04/1981 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 35 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
11/04/1981 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 4 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
18/04/1981 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 29 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
25/04/1981 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 28 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
02/05/1981 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 75 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
09/05/1981 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 4 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
16/05/1981 Round 8 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 50 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
23/05/1981 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN RIC by 31 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
30/05/1981 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 55 Tony Jewell Geoff Raines
06/06/1981 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 42 Tony Jewell Geoff Raines
13/06/1981 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 15 Tony Jewell Geoff Raines
20/06/1981 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 4 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
27/06/1981 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 43 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
11/07/1981 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 30 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
18/07/1981 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN RIC by 45 Tony Jewell Geoff Raines
25/07/1981 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 1 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
01/08/1981 Round 18 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 34 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
08/08/1981 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY WIN RIC by 6 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
15/08/1981 Round 20 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 5 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
22/08/1981 Round 21 Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 17 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood
29/08/1981 Round 22 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 27 Tony Jewell Bryan Wood