1981 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1981 between Footscray and Carlton during round four of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Mike Fitzpatrick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Footscray (11.10.76) were defeated by Carlton (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Monday 20 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,229

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 11.10.76 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 4 . 8 8 . 9 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Carlton 2 . 4 4 . 7 10 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 1 CARL by 12 CARL by 28 CARL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Carlton

Captain: Mike Fitzpatrick
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
G. James

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 2
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 4 0 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 3 0
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 4 1
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 7 0 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 0 0 2 0
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 5 0 3 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 7 2
6 Ford, Alister ? ? 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 18 4 14 4 15 4 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 2 28 16 12 3 0 2 2
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 2 0 4 4
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 3
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 5 1 0 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 2 21 12 9 0 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 2 17 12 5 0 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 10 311 194 117 36 23 45 38

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 1 0 2 3
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 5 0 2 2
6 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 0
4 Bosustow, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 5 0 1 4
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 2 0 21 10 11 3 0 1 2
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 1
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike (c) ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 5 17 3 2
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 3
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 3 4
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 1 16 4 3
35 Lenaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 0
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 7 0 2 5
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 4
13 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 1 33 20 13 7 0 3 2
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 3 0 3 4
15 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 8 0 3 0
29 Sharp, Greg ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 3 1
1 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 26 17 9 4 0 2 1
30 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 2 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 14 330 229 101 75 33 38 45

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