1981 VFL Season Round 17: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1981 between St Kilda and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Bruce Duperouzel captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

St Kilda (12.4.76) were defeated by Essendon (12.21.93).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 23,126

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 12.4.76 - 12.21.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 1 6 . 2 9 . 2 12 . 4 12 . 4 (76)
Essendon 4 . 4 8 . 9 8 . 17 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Bruce Duperouzel
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 9 0 3 2
35 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 4 3
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 1 8 0 0 0 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 1 0 17 4 13 1 0 3 2
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 8 0 1 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce (c) ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 5 0 3 2
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 2
13 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 20 3 3
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 2
41 Gorozidis, Con ? ? 2 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0
26 Hewitt, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 2 2
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 4 1 2 3
14 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 2
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 1 0 2 1
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 1
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 1 0 7 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 3 4 2
19 Scott, Mark ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 4 305 199 106 67 24 40 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 1 0 3
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 5 23 14 9 2 0 1 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 5 6
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 8 2 1 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 1 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 1
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 8 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 3 1
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 4
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 3 0 2 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 24 0 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 2 3 11 8 3 3 16 3 3
12 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 3 0 3 2
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 3 13 9 4 1 0 3 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 2 21 15 6 4 0 2 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 1 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 6 1 1 5
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 3 31 22 9 1 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 21 311 219 92 55 46 32 40

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