1981 VFL Round 7: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1981 between Hawthorn and Geelong during round 7 of the 1981 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Hawthorn
Back: P. Russo, K. Moore, I. Paton
Half-back: D. Polkinghorne, M. McCarthy, C. Mew
Centre: R. Mace, T. Wallace, C. Robertson
Half-forward: J. Kennedy, M. Tuck, A. Goad
Forward: R. Davies, M. Moncrieff, P. Murnane
Follower: D. Scott, R. Greene, N. Goss
Int.: P. Considine, A. De Wolde

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, P. Featherby, T. Floyd, P. Jeffreys, L. King, S. Lunn, G. Malarkey, K. Matthews, J. Mossop, R. Murrie, B. Nankervis, A. Preston, S. Reynoldson, Z. Taylor, B. Toohey, M. Witcombe, M. Yeates

Hawthorn (8.8.56) were defeated by Geelong (7.17.59).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: R. Mace (3), M. Tuck (2), P. Considine, A. Goad, P. Murnane
Geelong: L. King (3), N. Bruns, K. Matthews, S. Reynoldson, B. Toohey

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 3rd on the ladder and Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 13,273

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Geelong
Score: 8.8.56 - 7.17.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 3 5 . 4 7 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Geelong 0 . 5 4 . 12 4 . 14 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Margin HWTH by 22 GEEL by 2 HWTH by 11 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (Hawthorn), Bill Goggin (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Ian Nankervis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Chapman, M. Dye

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
36 Considine, Paul INT ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 13 1 6
27 De Wolde, Alle INT ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 4 0
19 Goad, Alan HFFR ? 1 2 24 18 6 1 0 0 1
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 0 18 15 3 0 0 3 1
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 1 0
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 2
38 Mace, Robert WL ? 3 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 3
20 McCarthy, Michael CHB ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 2 1 0
46 Mew, Chris HBFR ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 0
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 1 1 16 13 3 4 0 0 3
12 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 2 1
32 Robertson, Colin WR ? 0 2 17 14 3 1 0 4 3
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 4 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 23 2 10
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 2 1 21 17 4 5 2 4 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 35 28 7 4 0 3 7
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 8 301 203 98 38 42 36 48

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 2 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 4 24 22 2 4 0 0 4
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 3 25 24 1 2 0 3 1
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 3 0 3 3
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 1
38 King, Leo ? ? 3 3 10 7 3 5 8 2 0
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 20 7 3
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 8 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 3 0 2 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 6 2
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 4 2
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 1 0 4 5
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 17 277 222 55 50 28 48 36

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

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott 36 P. Considine
22 P. Murnane 6 M. Moncrieff 11 R. Davies 29 R. Greene 27 A. De Wolde
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

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19 A. Goad 17 M. Tuck 34 J. Kennedy



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32 C. Robertson 16 T. Wallace 38 R. Mace FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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



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12 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 4 P. Russo



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Geelong Coach: Bill Goggin