1981 VFL Season Round 8: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1981 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Hawthorn (21.18.144) defeated Fitzroy (16.19.115).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 17,459

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.18.144 - 16.19.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 1 7 . 7 11 . 14 21 . 18 21 . 18 (144)
Fitzroy 3 . 6 7 . 12 10 . 17 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Margin FITZ by 11 FITZ by 5 HWTH by 3 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Jeans

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 1 4
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 1 2 7 5 2 2 3 1 4
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 0 0
19 Goad, Alan HFFL ? 1 1 24 16 8 0 0 3 2
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 6 1 23 18 5 1 0 2 3
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 1 1 18 13 5 4 0 0 0
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 3 0 26 18 8 7 1 0 2
20 McCarthy, Michael CHB ? 0 0 25 11 14 8 6 2 2
46 Mew, Chris HBFR ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 1 0 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 3 1 8 8 0 3 1 0 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 1 2 0
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 0 2 24 17 7 2 0 2 4
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 20 1 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 2 1
32 Robertson, Colin WL ? 2 0 24 15 9 6 0 3 0
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 7 1 6 0 11 0 1
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 3 3 19 15 4 3 5 2 2
44 Turner, Mark BPR ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 1
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 1 28 22 6 0 0 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 21 18 325 238 87 51 49 29 30

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 22 2 0
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 5 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 4 13 13 0 2 0 1 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 1 2 5
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 2 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 1
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 0
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 2 8 3 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 0 2 4
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 0 0 0 1
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 1 0 2
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 1 2 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 2 0 0 1
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 3 19 13 6 4 1 0 4
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 4 2 16 14 2 3 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 19 264 190 74 49 38 30 29

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 26 R. Eade
22 P. Murnane 6 M. Moncrieff 11 R. Davies 29 R. Greene 12 I. Paton
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

HALF-BACK













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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 32 C. Robertson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













44 M. Turner 15 K. Moore 4 P. Russo



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Robert Walls