1981 VFL Season Round 19: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1981 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Hawthorn (15.21.111) defeated Footscray (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 8,058

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 15.21.111 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 8 . 1 10 . 9 14 . 13 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Footscray 1 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin HWTH by 41 HWTH by 33 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
D. Howlett

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 1
7 Ayres, Gary INT ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 3 2 18 10 8 8 11 1 1
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 2 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
29 Greene, Russell HFFL ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 1 3 19 15 4 7 0 3 3
48 Howard, Glenn WR ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 1 3
34 Kennedy, John HBFL ? 1 2 21 16 5 2 2 1 7
24 Knights, Peter CHF ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 0 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 3 4 32 23 9 7 1 3 1
20 McCarthy, Michael CHB ? 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 4
46 Mew, Chris HBFR ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 3 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 0 2 11 8 3 0 0 1 0
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 2 12 10 2 6 0 2 0
10 Polkinghorne, David INT ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 1 1 27 19 8 4 0 2 2
23 Scott, Don RU ? 1 0 21 6 15 3 26 4 3
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 1 21 14 7 2 0 4 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 2 29 20 9 1 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 21 339 232 107 61 40 35 43

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 2 0 5 1
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 2 0 2 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 5 0 1 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 3 2
41 Gallagher, Ross ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 0 0 6 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 5 21 1 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 2 23 11 12 10 0 3 1
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 7 0 2 1
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 1 0 2
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 4 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 0 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 3
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 3 1 3 2
47 Seery, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 3 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 3 1 3
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 1 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 1 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 20 9 11 1 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 12 309 204 105 62 26 43 35

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

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott 7 G. Ayres
22 P. Murnane 3 L. Matthews (c) 11 R. Davies 17 M. Tuck 10 D. Polkinghorne
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

HALF-BACK













25 J. Hendrie 24 P. Knights 29 R. Greene



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













48 G. Howard 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













46 C. Mew 20 M. McCarthy 34 J. Kennedy



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 15 K. Moore 4 P. Russo



BACK



Footscray Coach: Royce Hart