1981 VFL Round 10: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1981 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round 10 of the 1981 VFL season. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, D. Clarke, P. Featherby, T. Floyd, J. Hawkins, P. Jeffreys, G. Malarkey, K. Matthews, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Reynoldson, G. Sidebottom, B. Toohey, M. Witcombe, M. Yeates

South Melbourne
B. Round (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Boyse, D. Carroll, W. Carroll, R. Carter, G. Cowton, B. Evans, S. Foschini, M. Fraser, F. Jackson, M. Kruse, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, D. Rhys-Jones, J. Roberts, G. Smith, K. Taylor, G. Teasdale, S. Wright

Geelong (14.8.92) defeated South Melbourne (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Geelong: K. Matthews (4), D. Clarke (2), T. Bright, N. Bruns, J. Hawkins, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Reynoldson, G. Sidebottom, M. Witcombe
South Melbourne: S. Foschini (3), J. Roberts (2), W. Carroll, B. Round, G. Smith, G. Teasdale, S. Wright

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and South Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,760

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.8.92 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 3 3 . 6 8 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin SMLB by 18 SMLB by 23 SMLB by 7 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Ian Stewart (South Melbourne)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Barry Round (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 2 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 1 4
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 2 26 24 2 6 0 4 0
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 3 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 6 0 1 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 3 0 8 3
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 3 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 4 1 5 6
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 3 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 4 0 11 11 0 5 0 1 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 26 2 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 3 0 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 6 0 2 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 8 1 0 2
6 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 0 4 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 8 314 240 74 80 28 45 33

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 1 2
28 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 3 13 9 4 1 0 1 0
40 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 3
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 4 0 0 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 5 5
5 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 8 0 2 4
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1
46 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 3 2 21 17 4 2 0 2 1
29 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 1
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 2
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 3 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 2
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 9 0 1 4
10 Roberts, John ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 22 9 13 9 7 1 2
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 1 0 32 27 5 6 0 5 5
22 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 9 3 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 3 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 10 293 211 82 83 17 33 45

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