1981 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1981 between St Kilda and Geelong during round two of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Moorabbin Oval. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

St Kilda (14.23.107) were defeated by Geelong (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 24,499

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 14.23.107 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 5 8 . 8 9 . 14 14 . 23 14 . 23 (107)
Geelong 4 . 3 8 . 7 15 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin STKL by 8 STKL by 1 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 1 26 15 11 4 0 5 1
34 Bennett, John ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 3 1 13 9 4 5 0 1 1
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 2
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 3 17 7 10 3 0 3 2
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 0 0 0 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 4 20 16 4 4 0 2 0
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 0
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 7 0 0 7
13 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 15 0 3
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 0 0 4 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 3 10 7 3 4 0 1 0
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 2
28 Meehan, Simon ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 1 0 0 1
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 20 7 13 0 0 2 1
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 2 1 20 19 1 1 0 5 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 2 1 22 14 8 4 9 3 4
6 Sartori, Ian ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 1 0 0 0
17 Stone, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 2
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 1 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 23 304 186 118 41 24 33 31

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 18 5 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 2 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 1 0 2 4
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 2 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 19 10 9 3 0 0 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 16 14 2 7 0 1 4
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 1 2
14 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 4 0 2 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 5 8 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 3 0 3 0
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 2
6 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 6 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 13 293 219 74 61 26 31 33

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