1981 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1981 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round four of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Melbourne (10.16.76) were defeated by St Kilda (16.32.128).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,488

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 10.16.76 - 16.32.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 4 . 9 8 . 13 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
St Kilda 4 . 8 6 . 14 10 . 23 16 . 32 16 . 32 (128)
Margin STKL by 21 STKL by 17 STKL by 22 STKL by 52 STKL by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

St Kilda

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 7 9 2 4
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 7 1 0
15 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 4 0 2 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 4 19 11 8 5 0 3 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 5 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 8 0 1 1
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 1 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 2 23 15 8 4 0 0 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 2 12 9 3 5 5 0 0
41 McGlashan, Dave ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 2 21 11 10 1 0 1 0
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 0 0 2 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 10 3 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 2
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 2 3 0
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 16 288 187 101 69 27 31 24

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 7 0 5 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 1 0 0 3
35 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 3 15 8 7 3 0 1 2
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 2 2
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 2 16 6 10 1 0 1 2
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 1 0 21 8 13 0 0 0 1
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 1
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 2 7 21 20 1 5 0 2 0
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 0
20 Herbert, Dean ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 3 6 4 2 0 0 1 3
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 4 1 0 1
2 Lofts, Gary ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
28 Meehan, Simon ? ? 0 2 13 6 7 1 0 0 2
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 1 2 19 11 8 1 0 2 2
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 1 2 25 15 10 1 0 0 1
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 5 3 24 19 5 1 1 2 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 3 19 5 3
6 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 1 22 9 13 2 0 3 2
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 32 314 183 131 40 23 24 31

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