1981 VFL Season Round 20: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1981 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round twenty of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Footscray (12.14.86) were defeated by Fitzroy (22.15.147).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,770

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 12.14.86 - 22.15.147

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 7 8 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Fitzroy 7 . 4 12 . 7 19 . 12 22 . 15 22 . 15 (147)
Margin FITZ by 33 FITZ by 42 FITZ by 69 FITZ by 61 FITZ by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 0 0 4 1
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 7 0 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 3 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 4 1
41 Gallagher, Ross ? ? 1 3 20 17 3 1 0 1 3
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 1 21 10 11 3 25 4 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 2 18 9 9 1 0 3 2
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 2
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 1 1 0
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 5 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 4 3 1 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 2
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 2 0 1 0
47 Seery, Colin ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 1 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 1 26 14 12 10 1 3 1
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 2 0 9 3 6 2 0 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 2 0 5 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 2 34 22 12 9 2 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 347 214 133 55 39 42 26

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 8 19 1 6
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 4 0 4 3
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 0 0 0 1
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 0 3
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 6 2 23 16 7 2 0 1 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 1 0 4 1
26 Herbert, Des ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 1
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 1 1
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 1
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 23 13 10 7 0 1 2
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 2
27 Parish, Les ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 3
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 4 2 19 13 6 6 0 3 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 27 15 12 16 1 0 2
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 4 9 0 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 3 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 4
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 22 15 312 215 97 85 29 26 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