1981 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1981 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round nine of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Footscray (10.14.74) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 23 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,789

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.14.74 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 7 . 10 9 . 15 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin HWTH by 5 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 3 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 1 1 15 5 10 5 9 1 3
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 2 1 14 6 8 5 0 2 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 2 1 32 25 7 3 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 3
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 2 26 18 8 5 0 4 2
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 2 29 26 3 4 0 3 0
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 8 0 5 6
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 2 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 1 9 1 15 4 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 0
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 14 3 11 1 0 3 3
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 4 2
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 0 0 1 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 0 1 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 2 3
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 2 1 1 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 2 29 26 3 6 0 1 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 14 342 219 123 59 26 40 34

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 1 17 13 4 0 0 1 1
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 2 2 10 4 6 5 7 0 1
19 Goad, Alan HFFR ? 0 3 21 16 5 8 0 0 2
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 1 3 25 19 6 4 0 3 5
29 Greene, Russell HFFL ? 0 2 23 16 7 3 0 3 2
38 Mace, Robert INT ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 3
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) RR ? 1 2 18 13 5 6 0 1 1
20 McCarthy, Michael CHB ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 1 2 1
46 Mew, Chris HBFR ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 1 3 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 2 1 9 6 3 3 2 1 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 2
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 1 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 0
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 20 3 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 0 1
32 Robertson, Colin WR ? 2 0 15 8 7 1 0 1 2
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 2 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 15 3 3
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 2 1 19 14 5 5 0 2 3
44 Turner, Mark BPR ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 3 5
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 27 22 5 5 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 18 310 221 89 57 46 34 40

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

Footscray Coach: Royce Hart
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 P. Russo 15 K. Moore 44 M. Turner













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 32 C. Robertson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 38 R. Mace
HALF-FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (c) 12 I. Paton
29 R. Greene 17 M. Tuck 19 A. Goad 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 R. Davies 6 M. Moncrieff 22 P. Murnane













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans