1981 VFL Round 11: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1981 between Footscray and Geelong during round 11 of the 1981 VFL season. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Footscray
B. Cordy, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, T. De Koning, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, S. Knight, S. Loveless, J. McAllester, A. McConnell, M. McKenna, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Sait, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

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

Footscray (12.10.82) were defeated by Geelong (17.15.117).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Loveless (5), J. Edmond (2), R. Kennedy (2), S. Davidson, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins
Geelong: P. Johnston (6), P. Featherby (2), K. Matthews (2), N. Bruns, D. Clarke, T. Floyd, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Reynoldson, M. Witcombe

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 11th on the ladder and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Monday 8 June 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,974

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 12.10.82 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Geelong 5 . 3 9 . 10 11 . 11 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin FOOT by 1 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Bill Goggin (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Ian Nankervis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Dargavel, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 0 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 2 1
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 0 24 11 13 2 0 4 1
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 1 6 3 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 32 24 8 2 0 8 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 1 17 9 8 8 0 1 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 2 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 5 9 4 19 3 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 3 0 1 2
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 2 0 20 12 8 4 0 2 3
12 Knight, Steven ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 0 0 4 1
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 5 2 13 10 3 7 2 1 1
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 3 0 2 4
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 0 0 2 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 3 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 2 1 1 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 5 0 0 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 1 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 10 340 201 139 59 28 46 35

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 9 0 0 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 2 0 3 4
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 2 1 28 20 8 7 0 2 2
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 3 0 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 7 0 2 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 6 0 13 9 4 7 0 0 7
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 2
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 6 0 2 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 25 6 5
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 6 0 0 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 2 34 20 14 6 0 5 0
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 5 4 3 6
6 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 2 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 32 27 5 7 0 2 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 6 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 15 335 239 96 95 29 35 46

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