1981 VFL Season Qualifying Final: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1981 between Collingwood and Geelong in the qualifying final of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at the MCG. Peter Moore captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Collingwood (13.20.98) were defeated by Geelong (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 September 1981
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 83,899

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Geelong
Score: 13.20.98 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 5 6 . 9 9 . 15 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Geelong 2 . 5 8 . 11 14 . 11 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin COLL by 18 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Peter Moore
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 1 9 0 0 0 1
38 Atkin, Stuart ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 3 6 3 2
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 2 0
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 0 0 1 0
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 4 5 17 16 1 1 0 6 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 2 0 1 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 6 0 0 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter (c) ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 3 22 3 4
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 1 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 6 0 1 1
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 29 16 13 3 0 3 2
50 Smith, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 1
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 5 0 2 0
37 Twomey, David ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 3 3
31 Weideman, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 5 3 1
21 Williams, Mark ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 20 259 181 78 54 33 36 29

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 45 3 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 4 0 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 1 0 1 3
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 2 2 18 17 1 2 0 3 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 7 0 1 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 2
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 3 2 8 6 2 5 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 7 3 17 16 1 11 8 2 4
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 0 0 2 5
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 0 0 2 1
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 8 1 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 2 0 6 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 5 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 16 245 203 42 69 54 29 36

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