1981 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1981 between Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Melbourne (12.7.79) were defeated by Geelong (22.35.167).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,947

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 12.7.79 - 22.35.167

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 5 7 . 5 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Geelong 5 . 6 10 . 16 16 . 26 22 . 35 22 . 35 (167)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 59 GEEL by 75 GEEL by 88 GEEL by 88
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
K. Dargavel

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Barham, Jamie ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
45 Dickson, Russell ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 1 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 0 0 2 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 29 17 12 7 0 3 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 0 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 8 3 0 0
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 5 0 3 0
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 26 17 9 6 0 0 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 0 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 3 0 1 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 4 0 0 1
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 3 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 5 0 2 0
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 5 2 0
50 Todd, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 7 6 2 0
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 7 310 199 111 72 14 26 14

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 6 15 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 5 5 24 22 2 10 0 0 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 3 23 17 6 6 0 1 0
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 4 5 48 40 8 11 0 1 1
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 5 0 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 0 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 8 0 1 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 3 7 7 0 5 0 0 2
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 1 4 9 9 0 5 0 0 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 8 23 0 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 3 0 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 2 0 1 3
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 4 16 12 4 8 0 0 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 4 4 26 19 7 5 0 1 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 35 357 276 81 99 38 14 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