1981 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1981 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round fifteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Peter Moore captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (10.6.66) were defeated by Collingwood (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 11 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,803

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 10.6.66 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 3 10 . 4 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Collingwood 5 . 3 8 . 8 9 . 15 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin COLL by 18 COLL by 17 COLL by 5 COLL by 22 COLL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Collingwood

Captain: Peter Moore
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
G. James

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 1 1 3
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 0 7
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 5 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 5 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 2
37 Giles, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 2
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 1 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 4 1 17 13 4 4 0 1 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 2 0 4 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 1 10 7 3 3 1 1 2
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 35 3 6
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 1
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 3 0 7 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 1 0 2 3
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 1 2 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 2 2 1
5 Young, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 0 0 4 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 6 274 209 65 48 40 48 48

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 3 0 2 6
38 Atkin, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 3
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 0
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 1 1 1 5
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 5 0 0 1
4 Hannebery, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 7 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 1 0 2 4
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 1 14 9 5 2 0 4 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter (c) ? ? 1 1 25 21 4 8 31 6 3
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 2 1
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 3 0 3 2
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 1 1 11 4 7 1 0 1 4
37 Twomey, David ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 0
31 Weideman, Mark ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 1 11 4 3
21 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 2 29 27 2 2 0 3 6
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 16 267 199 68 41 43 48 48

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