1981 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1981 between Geelong and Collingwood in the preliminary final of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (11.9.75) were defeated by Collingwood (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 19 September 1981
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 69,536

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.9.75 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Collingwood 3 . 5 5 . 8 9 . 10 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin COLL by 14 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 4 COLL by 7 COLL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Collingwood

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 6 39 1 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 2 0 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 0 20 19 1 5 0 3 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 30 26 4 12 0 0 5
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 1 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 3 2 2
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 4 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 3 0 10 6 4 2 14 0 0
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 6 5
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 4 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 4 6
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 1 0
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 1 2 5
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 3
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 4 0 4 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 9 264 212 52 73 59 38 40

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 4 4
38 Atkin, Stuart ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 11 3 2
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 2 23 14 9 4 0 1 4
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 2 1 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 6 0
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 1 0
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 4 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 2
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 4 0 1 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 3 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 5
54 Lovell, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 3
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 5 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 2 0 2 2
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 0 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 4 2 0 2
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 1 0 3 0
37 Twomey, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 1
31 Weideman, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 4 3 1
21 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 5 1 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 10 309 200 109 60 20 40 38

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