1981 VFL Round 12: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1981 between Geelong and St Kilda during round 12 of the 1981 VFL season. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Bruce Duperouzel captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, D. Clarke, P. Featherby, J. Hawkins, P. Jeffreys, P. Johnston, G. Malarkey, A. Mangels, K. Matthews, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, M. Turner, M. Witcombe, M. Yeates

St Kilda
B. Duperouzel (capt.), T. Barker, J. Bennett, B. Breen, G. Burns, D. Cox, G. Cunningham, J. Dunne, J. Durnan, R. Elphinstone, M. Faletic, G. Fidler, C. Gorozidis, D. Herbert, D. Hewitt, M. Roberts, J. Sarau, M. Scott, R. Sutherland, G. Thomas

Geelong (19.21.135) defeated St Kilda (4.11.35).

Goalkickers
Geelong: K. Matthews (4), T. Bright (3), R. Blake (2), P. Featherby (2), M. Turner (2), M. Witcombe (2), N. Bruns, D. Clarke, P. Johnston, B. Nankervis
St Kilda: J. Bennett, D. Hewitt, M. Roberts, M. Scott

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and St Kilda remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 13 June 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,037

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 19.21.135 - 4.11.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 9 . 12 11 . 16 19 . 21 19 . 21 (135)
St Kilda 1 . 1 1 . 5 2 . 11 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Margin GEEL by 26 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 59 GEEL by 100 GEEL by 100
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Alex Jesaulenko (St Kilda)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Bruce Duperouzel (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 2 3 18 15 3 7 13 3 4
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 2 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 5 12 11 1 3 0 3 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 3 27 23 4 7 0 3 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 4 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 7 1 1 3
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 2 1 29 23 6 8 0 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 3 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 8 0 4 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 0
12 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 4 2 10 10 0 7 0 0 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 9 18 7 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 27 24 3 10 0 2 5
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 6 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 0 5
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 1 0 3 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 2 0 25 23 2 10 0 2 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 1 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 21 354 270 84 108 33 45 34

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 6 2
34 Bennett, John ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 7 0 0 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 8 0 2 4
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 2
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 6
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 4 0 2 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 3 1
16 Durnan, John ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 2 3
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 2
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 0 4 9 6 3 2 0 1 2
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 2
41 Gorozidis, Con ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 1
20 Herbert, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 1
26 Hewitt, Darryl ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 3 0 0 2
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 3 0 1 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 30 14 16 11 22 4 5
19 Scott, Mark ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
30 Sutherland, Rick ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 3 3 1
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 6 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 4 11 300 183 117 68 28 34 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