1981 VFL Season Round 19: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1981 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round nineteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Geelong (11.19.85) defeated Fitzroy (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 25,565

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.19.85 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 7 . 11 10 . 12 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Fitzroy 2 . 5 2 . 5 5 . 14 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin GEEL by 9 GEEL by 36 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Childs
C. Mitchell

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 7 2 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 6 0 3 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 2 22 17 5 4 0 2 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 3 17 15 2 6 0 2 0
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 3 4
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 2 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 5 2 12 11 1 3 2 3 3
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 19 2 6
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 6 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 7 0 3 5
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 2
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 1 2 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 3 22 18 4 2 0 4 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 6 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 19 288 217 71 65 29 42 41

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 5 15 5 2
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 1 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 4 2
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 4 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 2 0 3 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 3
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 1
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 3 15 12 3 4 4 1 3
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 3 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 2
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 2
27 Parish, Les ? ? 1 2 25 19 6 6 0 4 3
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 4 3 16 11 5 3 0 2 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 2 3
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 8 0 0 5
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 16 259 178 81 58 20 41 42

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