1980 VFL Season Round 21: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1980 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twenty-one of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Fitzroy (16.21.117) were defeated by Geelong (20.12.132).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,004

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 16.21.117 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 7 . 5 8 . 8 13 . 16 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Geelong 5 . 2 10 . 6 13 . 7 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Margin FITZ by 15 GEEL by 10 FITZ by 9 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 1 21 2 1
31 Braddy, Craig ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 4 0 0 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 4 6 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 4 0 3 2
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 2 13 7 6 2 3 2 6
21 Marchesani, Frank ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 2 0 1 2
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 2 7
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 3 2
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 1 0 1 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 5 27 22 5 11 2 2 1
42 Rankin, David ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 4 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 8 0 3 3
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 32 21 11 2 0 4 0
49 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 3
53 Veal, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 3 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 4 26 23 3 12 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 21 325 230 95 75 30 43 38

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 11 31 4 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 7 2 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 0 0 2 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 4 27 22 5 1 1 3 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 33 27 6 5 0 1 5
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 1 0 29 24 5 5 0 3 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 10 0 2 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 6 0 1 2
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 3 0 19 12 7 2 0 0 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 3 0 1 4
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 4 0 4 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 6 3 2 8
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 5 0 2 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 12 335 250 85 79 35 38 43

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