1981 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1981 between Geelong and Essendon during round one of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (10.17.77) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 March 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 37,256

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 10.17.77 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 6 . 9 8 . 14 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Essendon 3 . 2 4 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin GEEL by 2 GEEL by 16 level GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 7 13 2 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 0 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 3 13 12 1 4 0 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 4 0
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 6 3
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 3 0 5 2
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 3
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 10 0 0 5
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 0 3 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 1 0 6 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 7 10 3 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 2 1
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0
6 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 1 3 11 9 2 4 1 3 2
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 2 19 17 2 6 0 2 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 17 303 220 83 73 24 46 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 3 4
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 3 2
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 3 2 25 19 6 4 0 5 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 3 1
8 Carman, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 4
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 7 2 1 4
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 6 0 1 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 0
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 3 0 1 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 2 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 18 2 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 1 0 0 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 6 0 1 4
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 4 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 7 3 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 294 208 86 69 23 31 46

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