1981 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1981 between Geelong and Melbourne during round six of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at the SCG. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Garry Baker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (22.21.153) defeated Melbourne (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 3 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 11,077

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 22.21.153 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 7 12 . 13 16 . 18 22 . 21 22 . 21 (153)
Melbourne 2 . 3 7 . 6 12 . 7 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin GEEL by 4 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 49 GEEL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Baker
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 0 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 5 7 20 15 5 7 0 1 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 3 27 22 5 2 0 0 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 5 0 1 1
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 1 1 36 24 12 1 0 4 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 4 3
38 King, Leo ? ? 3 2 10 6 4 6 3 1 3
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 3 0 1 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 7 0 2 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 7 43 2 5
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 4 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 1 25 21 4 4 0 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 3 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 2 3 20 15 5 0 0 2 5
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 3 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 2 0 0 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 21 328 239 89 66 46 37 40

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry (c) ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 14 8 7 1
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
15 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 4
34 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 3
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 2 0 2 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 2 6
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 5 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 8 0 2 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 3
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 5 1 8 6 2 3 1 3 6
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 3 15 2 2
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 6 0 3 1
36 Maynard, Peter ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 6 0 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 3 0 2 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 0 0 0 1
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 8 284 186 98 69 24 40 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