1981 VFL Round 8: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1981 between Geelong and Carlton during round 8 of the 1981 VFL season. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Mike Fitzpatrick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

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

Carlton
M. Fitzpatrick (capt.), B. Armstrong, R. Ashman, R. Austin, P. Bosustow, B. Doull, D. English, P. Francis, K. Hunter, W. Jones, R. Klomp, D. Lenaghan, M. MacLure, A. Marcou, P. Maylin, P. McConville, D. McKay, V. Perovic, G. Sharp, G. Wells

Geelong (12.8.80) were defeated by Carlton (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Geelong: N. Bruns (2), P. Johnston (2), S. Reynoldson (2), T. Bright, P. Harrison, L. King, S. Lunn, B. Nankervis, B. Toohey
Carlton: P. McConville (5), R. Ashman (2), P. Bosustow (2), M. MacLure, P. Maylin, G. Wells

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Carlton remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 16 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 28,395

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 12.8.80 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 2 10 . 2 11 . 5 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Carlton 2 . 3 4 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin GEEL by 23 GEEL by 34 CARL by 2 CARL by 5 CARL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Geelong), David Parkin (Carlton)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Mike Fitzpatrick (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 4 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 4 1 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 5 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 0 2 3
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 2 0 2 1
23 Harrison, Phil ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 3 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 1
38 King, Leo ? ? 1 1 5 2 3 2 3 0 1
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 0 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 23 5 1
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 5 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 7 0 1 6
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 4 0 3 0
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 3 0 2 5
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 3 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 5 0 5 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 8 308 234 74 65 27 47 27

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 0 0
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 6 0 3 5
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 2 2
4 Bosustow, Peter ? ? 2 2 21 14 7 4 0 0 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 5 1 4 0
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 4 3
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike (c) ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 5 9 1 4
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 2 3
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 4 0 1 3
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 8 18 1 3
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 4 1 2 3
35 Lenaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 9 0 0 3
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 5 0 2 2
13 Maylin, Phil ? ? 1 2 17 8 9 2 0 1 3
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 5 0 12 8 4 6 0 0 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 3 8 8 0 7 3 2 2
15 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 1 0 0
29 Sharp, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1
1 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 3 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 13 332 224 108 84 34 27 47

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