1981 VFL Round 9: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1981 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round 9 of the 1981 VFL season.
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
G. Jennings (capt.), B. Berry, P. Bradmore, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, T. De Koning, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, A. McConnell, B. Perrin, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Sait, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
Hawthorn
Back:
P. Russo, K. Moore, M. Turner
Half-back:
D. Polkinghorne, M. McCarthy, C. Mew
Centre:
G. Ablett, T. Wallace, C. Robertson
Half-forward:
R. Greene, M. Tuck, A. Goad
Forward:
R. Davies, M. Moncrieff, P. Murnane
Follower:
D. Scott, L. Matthews (capt.), N. Goss
Int.:
R. Mace, I. Paton
Footscray (10.14.74) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.18.84).
Goalkickers
Footscray: P. Bradmore (2), B. Cordy (2), I. Dunstan (2), B. Berry, J. Edmond, D. Hawkins, T. Whitten
Hawthorn: R. Davies (2), M. Moncrieff (2), C. Robertson (2), M. Tuck (2), N. Goss, L. Matthews, P. Murnane
As a result of this match, Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Hawthorn were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Royce Hart
(Footscray),
Allan Jeans
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Geoff Jennings
(Footscray),
Leigh Matthews
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller,
N. Nash
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 4 | P. Russo | 15 | K. Moore | 44 | M. Turner |
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| 10 | D. Polkinghorne | 20 | M. McCarthy | 46 | C. Mew |
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| 2 | G. Ablett | 16 | T. Wallace | 32 | C. Robertson |
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| 29 | R. Greene | 17 | M. Tuck | 19 | A. Goad | 1 | N. Goss |
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| 11 | R. Davies | 6 | M. Moncrieff | 22 | P. Murnane |
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