1981 VFL Round 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1981 between Geelong and Essendon during round 1 of the 1981 VFL season. 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
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, P. Featherby, T. Floyd, P. Jeffreys, P. Johnston, S. Lunn, G. Malarkey, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, M. Reed, S. Reynoldson, G. Sidebottom, Z. Taylor, M. Turner, M. Witcombe

Essendon
S. Madden (capt.), R. Andrews, P. Bennett, N. Besanko, T. Buhagiar, S. Carey, P. Carman, N. Clarke, M. Crow, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, G. Foulds, G. Fowler, G. Hawker, S. Heard, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, A. Reid, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar

Geelong (10.17.77) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Bright (2), P. Johnston (2), S. Lunn, J. Mossop, S. Reynoldson, G. Sidebottom, Z. Taylor, M. Turner
Essendon: T. Buhagiar (3), M. Crow (2), T. Daniher (2), S. Madden, M. Neagle, P. Vander Haar

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder and Essendon were then 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Simon Madden (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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, Tommy ? ? 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