1981 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1981 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round nine of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Garry Wilson captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Fitzroy (13.15.93) were defeated by Geelong (16.18.114).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,604

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 13.15.93 - 16.18.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 9 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Geelong 7 . 6 10 . 12 14 . 14 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 5 11 2 1
31 Braddy, Craig ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 4 1 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 2
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 0 3 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 6 0 1 4
28 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 3 0 0 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 3 0 3 0
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 2 1
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 2 9 1 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 2 0 0 2
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 3 2 16 14 2 3 1 3 6
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 1 0 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 1 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 8 1 1 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 1 0 2 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 1 2 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 3 1 25 20 5 4 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 15 266 207 59 66 28 33 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 2 0 5
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 2 0 1 5
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 31 25 6 4 0 1 1
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 1 2 25 17 8 3 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 9 1 2 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 1
38 King, Leo ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 3 2 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 33 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 29 26 3 7 0 4 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 4 0 1 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 2 1 3
6 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 4 3 10 8 2 4 0 2 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 2 28 22 6 3 0 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 3 18 15 3 3 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 18 301 232 69 65 38 28 33

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