1981 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1981 between Footscray and St Kilda during round one of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Footscray (16.12.108) were defeated by St Kilda (23.19.157).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 March 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,101

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 16.12.108 - 23.19.157

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 7 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
St Kilda 8 . 6 12 . 13 18 . 17 23 . 19 23 . 19 (157)
Margin STKL by 39 STKL by 49 STKL by 64 STKL by 49 STKL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 0 1
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 1
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 1 23 15 8 5 0 4 1
46 Davis, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 3 5 0 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 3 3 22 15 7 7 0 4 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 9 24 6 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 2 23 18 5 1 0 3 4
12 Knight, Steven ? ? 4 0 21 15 6 8 0 2 2
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 5 2 2 3
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 1 0 4 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 1 1 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 0 0 7 0
24 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 12 287 209 78 64 32 47 23

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 7 0 1 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 2 0 2 2
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 3
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 1 1 22 9 13 5 0 1 3
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 2 0 30 15 15 2 0 1 4
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 2 0 1 1
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 2
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 5 5 19 16 3 3 0 2 3
13 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 13 2 1
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 1 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 4 2 15 10 5 1 0 1 2
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 0 3
28 Meehan, Simon ? ? 3 0 20 13 7 2 0 2 1
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 0 0 1 2
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 21 7 14 1 0 0 2
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 3 0 1 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 2 15 7 8 3 8 2 5
6 Sartori, Ian ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 1 0 2 4
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 19 338 195 143 47 21 23 47

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