1981 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1981 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round eighteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Fitzroy (10.13.73) defeated Hawthorn (7.19.61).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 1 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 16,013

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Hawthorn
Score: 10.13.73 - 7.19.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 7 6 . 7 8 . 12 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Hawthorn 0 . 4 3 . 10 5 . 12 7 . 19 7 . 19 (61)
Margin FITZ by 27 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Robert Walls

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 6 14 3 1
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 3 0 3 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 4 22 20 2 5 0 3 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 6 3 0
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 0
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 4 3 0 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 2 2
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 3 0 4 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 5 0 2 2
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 6 2 2 1
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 3 3 11 8 3 4 0 0 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 4 1 4 1
22 Rankin, David ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 7 2 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 0 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 1 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 13 259 209 50 71 33 36 25

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 1 20 18 2 0 0 2 1
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 2 1 15 5 10 4 11 3 7
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFR ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 2
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 1 1 11 9 2 1 0 2 3
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 1 1 21 18 3 4 0 2 3
48 Howard, Glenn WR ? 0 2 15 13 2 1 0 1 1
34 Kennedy, John CHB ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 1 0 2
24 Knights, Peter FF ? 1 0 22 17 5 9 1 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) RO ? 1 3 29 24 5 7 0 0 3
46 Mew, Chris HBFL ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 4 0
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 0 1
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 2
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 1
32 Robertson, Colin HFFR ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 1
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 13 7 6 2 34 0 5
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 0 3 18 15 3 3 1 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 30 18 12 5 1 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 7 19 301 221 80 55 52 25 36

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

Fitzroy Coach: Robert Walls
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 P. Russo 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



46 C. Mew 34 J. Kennedy 9 R. DiPierdomenico













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 26 R. Eade
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Greene 12 I. Paton
25 J. Hendrie 17 M. Tuck 32 C. Robertson 3 L. Matthews (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 R. Davies 24 P. Knights 22 P. Murnane













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans