1980 VFA Grand Final: Port Melbourne v Coburg

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1980 between Port Melbourne and Coburg in the grand final of the 1980 VFA season. Port Melbourne hosted Coburg at Junction Oval. The hosts were coached by Gary Brice and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

As a result of this match, Port Melbourne were the premiers and Coburg were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFA Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Port Melbourne v Coburg
Date: Sunday 21 September 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 22,010

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Coburg
Score: 11.15.81 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 9 5 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Coburg 3 . 5 5 . 8 8 . 10 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin COBG by 15 COBG by 17 COBG by 17 PMLB by 11 PMLB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Brice (Port Melbourne), Col Kinnear (Coburg)
Captains: unknown (Port Melbourne), unknown (Coburg)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: F. Vergona

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Brice, Gary ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (1 player) 11 15 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+

Coburg

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s