1981 VFL Season Round 6: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1981 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round six of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Bryan Wood captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Richmond (10.19.79) were defeated by Hawthorn (23.16.154).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 2 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 45,750

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.19.79 - 23.16.154

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 4 . 10 7 . 17 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Hawthorn 3 . 3 11 . 7 16 . 11 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Margin RICH by 4 HWTH by 39 HWTH by 48 HWTH by 75 HWTH by 75
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bryan Wood
Coach: Tony Jewell

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 4 21 18 3 1 0 3 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 4 19 15 4 10 6 0 2
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 2 4 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 2 0 22 16 6 4 0 2 3
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 4
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 31 3 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 1 1
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 2 1 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 35 19 16 4 0 1 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 3 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 2 2 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 4 0 3 3
11 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 4 0 0 5
10 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 0 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 0
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 0 0 2 3
31 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 0 0 3 1
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan (c) ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 7 0 2 5
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 10 19 348 225 123 59 43 32 41

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Davies, Rick FPR ? 0 1 6 5 1 2 8 2 1
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 0
19 Goad, Alan HFFR ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 1 1
1 Goss, Norm FPL ? 2 1 18 14 4 2 0 0 1
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 4 3 28 18 10 4 0 4 2
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 0 2 20 12 8 5 0 2 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) RO ? 3 2 25 20 5 8 0 2 3
20 McCarthy, Michael CHB ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 2 3 1
46 Mew, Chris HBFR ? 1 0 25 22 3 8 1 5 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 2 2 10 7 3 6 0 0 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
22 Murnane, Peter INT ? 3 1 18 11 7 1 0 2 1
8 O'Halloran, David BPL ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 3 2
32 Robertson, Colin WL ? 3 1 19 12 7 2 0 0 3
4 Russo, Peter INT ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 5 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 14 3 3
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 4 0 22 15 7 2 1 2 2
44 Turner, Mark BPR ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 0 23 16 7 6 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 16 334 233 101 62 26 41 32

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

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Tony Jewell
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
8 D. O'Halloran 15 K. Moore 44 M. Turner













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 D. Polkinghorne 20 M. McCarthy 46 C. Mew













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 C. Robertson 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 22 P. Murnane
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Greene 4 P. Russo
34 J. Kennedy 17 M. Tuck 19 A. Goad 3 L. Matthews (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 N. Goss 6 M. Moncrieff 11 R. Davies













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans