1981 VFL Season Round 14: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1981 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Bruce Duperouzel captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

St Kilda (18.19.127) defeated Melbourne (8.7.55).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 June 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 14,058

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 18.19.127 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 6 6 . 10 11 . 11 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Melbourne 3 . 1 7 . 2 8 . 6 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin STKL by 11 STKL by 2 STKL by 23 STKL by 72 STKL by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Bruce Duperouzel
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 0 31 21 10 4 0 2 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 0
35 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 0 0
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 0 0 2 2
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 1 19 9 10 8 0 1 6
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 2 3 31 17 14 5 0 1 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce (c) ? ? 2 2 24 15 9 5 0 1 1
16 Durnan, John ? ? 0 0 27 9 18 2 0 1 0
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 6 0 0 2
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 1 0
41 Gorozidis, Con ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 4 0 2 3
26 Hewitt, Darryl ? ? 1 2 32 27 5 3 0 0 3
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 1
14 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 5 0 3 4
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 1 0 34 21 13 2 0 4 1
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 3 0 3 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 6 18 2 2
23 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 4 0 1 1
30 Sutherland, Rick ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 5 0 2
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 33 25 8 4 0 0 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 18 19 412 262 150 66 23 26 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 12 0 1
15 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 2 0 1 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 1 21 13 8 7 0 1 0
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 2 24 21 3 0 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 3 0 7 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 2
37 Giles, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 2
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 5 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 4 0 2 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 4
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 0 0
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 9 25 1 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 2 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 2 0 2 0
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 1 1 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 2
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 7 280 208 72 55 39 37 26

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