1981 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1981 between Geelong and Hawthorn during round seventeen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Geelong (10.11.71) defeated Hawthorn (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 25 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,753

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Hawthorn
Score: 10.11.71 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 1 3 . 5 6 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Hawthorn 2 . 2 3 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin HWTH by 7 GEEL by 2 HWTH by 1 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 6 14 0 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 4 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 3 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 3 0 1 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 31 25 6 3 0 1 0
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 2
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 2
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 1 3 15 13 2 4 0 0 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 6 15 5 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 0 0 2 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 2 0 1 1
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 7 0 0 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 11 1 1 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 6 0 2 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 11 337 248 89 78 30 31 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 1 31 25 6 6 0 2 4
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 2 0 15 8 7 6 9 1 3
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 1 2
19 Goad, Alan INT ? 1 1 16 9 7 3 0 2 1
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 1
29 Greene, Russell HFFL ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 2
48 Howard, Glenn WR ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 0 0
34 Kennedy, John HBFR ? 0 0 28 20 8 4 3 9 2
14 Kershaw, Kim RU ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 5 1 0
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 20 17 3 10 2 1 0
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) RR ? 1 3 15 12 3 6 0 1 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 2 1 0
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 1 1 16 11 5 2 0 0 2
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 0 1
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 15 0 2
32 Robertson, Colin HFFR ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 1 1 1
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 6 2
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 2 0 13 11 2 0 0 1 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 0 27 20 7 5 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 9 316 227 89 67 37 32 31

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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Bill Goggin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 P. Russo 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 R. DiPierdomenico 24 P. Knights 34 J. Kennedy













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 48 G. Howard









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 K. Kershaw 19 A. Goad
HALF-FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (c) 12 I. Paton
29 R. Greene 17 M. Tuck 32 C. Robertson 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 R. Davies 6 M. Moncrieff 22 P. Murnane













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans