1981 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1981 between Carlton and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Mike Fitzpatrick captained the hosts. Peter Moore captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Carlton (12.20.92) defeated Collingwood (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 26 September 1981
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 112,964

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Collingwood
Score: 12.20.92 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 13 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Collingwood 2 . 6 5 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin COLL by 2 CARL by 1 COLL by 9 CARL by 20 CARL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Mike Fitzpatrick
Coach: David Parkin

Collingwood

Captain: Peter Moore
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
I. Robinson

Goal Umpires

B. Farrow
J. Mahoney

Boundary Umpires

B. McLellan
M. Williams

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Bruce Doull CARL 11 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 3 1 12 7 5 1 0 3 0
6 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bosustow, Peter ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 4 0 1 4
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 0 0 0 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 1
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 1
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike (c) ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 11 17 3 3
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 4 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 7 0 1 1
40 Howell, Scott ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 0
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 2 1
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 3 0 0 4
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 4
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 3 31 23 8 6 0 4 2
13 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 2 21 13 8 1 0 2 1
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 2 6 0 3
15 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 1
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 2 1 14 9 5 1 0 0 1
1 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 2 3
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 12 20 288 212 76 70 23 32 34

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 1
38 Atkin, Stuart ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 11 4 1
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 2
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 0 1
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 1 0 1 4
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 2 15 9 6 2 0 1 0
54 Lovell, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter (c) ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 4 8 2 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 5 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 0 0 2 2
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 25 12 13 1 0 1 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 1 4 15 10 5 4 4 2 0
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 2 0 3 4
37 Twomey, David ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 1 0 1 3
21 Williams, Mark ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 1 0 2 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 266 183 83 44 23 34 32

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