1981 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1981 between Richmond and Geelong during round five of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Bryan Wood captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Richmond (15.22.112) defeated Geelong (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 25 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,230

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 15.22.112 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 7 . 11 10 . 16 15 . 22 15 . 22 (112)
Geelong 1 . 6 7 . 7 8 . 13 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin RICH by 10 RICH by 4 RICH by 15 RICH by 28 RICH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bryan Wood
Coach: Tony Jewell

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 16 14 2 1 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 3 17 15 2 9 6 0 6
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 4 1 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 4 1 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 1 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 3 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 3 15 8 7 2 27 4 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1
37 Nugent, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 5 0 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 28 16 12 2 0 4 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 2 11 6 5 4 0 0 2
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 3 0 16 15 1 1 0 2 3
11 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 4 16 14 2 5 0 1 1
10 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 3
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 1 0 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 4
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 24 11 13 1 0 5 3
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 1 1 29 27 2 8 0 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan (c) ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 3
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 15 22 320 223 97 67 44 30 36

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bogunovich, Ramsay ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 5 1 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 2 1 0 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 5 12 11 1 6 0 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 0 22 19 3 3 0 1 3
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 1
23 Harrison, Phil ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 2 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 3
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 0 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 6 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 5 9 1 1
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 3 0 7 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 0 1 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 1
6 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 1 0 4
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 4 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 2 21 15 6 4 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 3 15 11 4 3 0 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 18 295 204 91 61 16 36 30

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