1981 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1981 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round one of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne (16.16.112) were defeated by Hawthorn (23.15.153).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 28 March 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,202

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 16.16.112 - 23.15.153

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 5 8 . 9 12 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Hawthorn 6 . 3 14 . 7 18 . 10 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
Margin MELB by 8 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 41 HWTH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 5 15 10 25 6 4
38 Barnes, Tony ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 0
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 2 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 2 0 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 1 23 13 10 4 0 3 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 4 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 2 0 0 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 3 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 4 2 1 0
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 3 0 2 4
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 4 1 9 6 3 3 0 2 1
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 7 0 3 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 3 3 15 13 2 6 0 1 0
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 3 2 29 21 8 5 1 2 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 1 0 3 2
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 3 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 6 2 1 2
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 16 304 198 106 74 32 42 29

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 1 20 14 6 2 0 0 2
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 1 1 15 5 10 4 14 2 6
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFR ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 2 3
26 Eade, Rodney HBFL ? 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 0 1
19 Goad, Alan RR ? 2 0 22 16 6 2 1 2 2
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 1 2 25 20 5 1 0 2 3
29 Greene, Russell BPL ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 0 0
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 2 1 11 9 2 2 0 0 2
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 2 1 11 10 1 4 0 1 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) RO ? 11 2 17 16 1 10 0 0 5
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 5 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 2
22 Murnane, Peter INT ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 1
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 15 4 11 9 0 1 0
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1
32 Robertson, Colin WR ? 0 1 19 12 7 4 0 1 2
4 Russo, Peter HFFL ? 2 2 13 9 4 2 0 3 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 18 3 2
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 1 2 24 19 5 5 5 4 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 26 19 7 1 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 15 322 228 94 62 40 29 42

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Greene 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



26 R. Eade 46 C. Mew 9 R. DiPierdomenico













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 32 C. Robertson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 22 P. Murnane
HALF-FORWARD 19 A. Goad 12 I. Paton
4 P. Russo 17 M. Tuck 34 J. Kennedy 3 L. Matthews (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 R. Davies 25 J. Hendrie 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans