1981 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1981 between Footscray and Melbourne during round three of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Goode and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (18.11.119) were defeated by Melbourne (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,256

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 18.11.119 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 7 . 6 15 . 11 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Melbourne 0 . 1 8 . 4 12 . 6 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin FOOT by 22 MELB by 4 FOOT by 23 MELB by 1 MELB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Frank Goode (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 18 0 2
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 3 2
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 0 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 3
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 1 4 0
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 5 19 1 4
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 3 1 22 17 5 12 1 2 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 5 0
6 Ford, Alister ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 1 0 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 3 0 19 9 10 2 0 2 1
8 Johnson, Matt ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 4
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 3 5 0
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 3 2 13 6 7 5 1 1 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 3 14 11 3 2 0 1 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 1 0 3 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 2 0 22 17 5 0 1 0 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 1 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 11 303 215 88 48 44 37 33

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 7 22 4 1
38 Barnes, Tony ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 0 0 2 3
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 1 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 3 17 0 3
15 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 4 4 20 15 5 4 0 3 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 1 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 1 4
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 2 3 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 0 0 0 6
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 27 16 11 7 1 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 2 3
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 2 0 1 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 8 1 11 10 1 7 0 2 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 1 0 1 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 3 1 2 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 12 318 195 123 58 43 33 37

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