1981 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1981 between Geelong and Carlton during round eight of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (12.8.80) were defeated by Carlton (12.13.85).

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

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Carlton

Captain: Mike Fitzpatrick
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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, Tom ? ? 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