1981 VFL Round 19: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1981 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round 19 of the 1981 VFL season. 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
Back: P. Russo, K. Moore, D. O'Halloran
Half-back: J. Kennedy, M. McCarthy, C. Mew
Centre: G. Ablett, T. Wallace, G. Howard
Half-forward: R. Greene, P. Knights, J. Hendrie
Forward: R. Davies, L. Matthews (capt.), P. Murnane
Follower: D. Scott, M. Tuck, N. Goss
Int.: G. Ayres, D. Polkinghorne

Footscray
J. Berry, C. Burton, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, R. Gallagher, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, M. Komp, J. McAllester, A. McConnell, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Sait, C. Seery, K. Templeton, G. Towns, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Hawthorn (15.21.111) defeated Footscray (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: R. Davies (3), L. Matthews (3), M. Tuck (2), G. Ablett, J. Hendrie, J. Kennedy, M. McCarthy, D. Polkinghorne, P. Russo, D. Scott
Footscray: M. Komp (3), D. Hawkins (2), K. Sait (2), C. Burton, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, R. Gallagher, I. Hampshire, T. Whitten

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Footscray remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Allan Jeans (Hawthorn), Royce Hart (Footscray)
Captains: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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



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



BACK



Footscray Coach: Royce Hart