1981 VFL Round 20: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1981 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round 20 of the 1981 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Barry Round captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

South Melbourne
B. Round (capt.), D. Ackerly, S. Allender, M. Browning, D. Carroll, W. Carroll, R. Carter, A. Daniher, S. Eather, B. Evans, S. Foschini, C. Hounsell, M. James, M. Kruse, T. Morwood, J. Roberts, G. Smith, K. Taylor, G. Teasdale, S. Wright

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, P. Featherby, D. Flanigan, J. Hawkins, P. Jeffreys, S. Lunn, G. Malarkey, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, B. Peake, S. Reynoldson, B. Toohey, M. Witcombe, M. Yeates

South Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by Geelong (21.13.139).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: M. Browning (2), C. Hounsell (2), T. Morwood (2), G. Teasdale (2), S. Allender, S. Foschini, M. James, J. Roberts
Geelong: T. Bright (4), P. Featherby (4), N. Bruns (3), P. Jeffreys (2), S. Reynoldson (2), J. Hawkins, S. Lunn, J. Mossop, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, M. Witcombe

As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder and Geelong remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 15 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 11,849

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 12.14.86 - 21.13.139

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Geelong 8 . 3 11 . 7 14 . 11 21 . 13 21 . 13 (139)
Margin GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 53 GEEL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ian Stewart (South Melbourne), Bill Goggin (Geelong)
Captains: Barry Round (South Melbourne), Ian Nankervis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, J. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 10 1 1 0
14 Allender, Stephen ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 4 2 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 7 0 5 3
40 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 7 1 3 1
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 1 2 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 2 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 1 0 0
41 Eather, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 1 2 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 1 0 2
46 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 1 2 9 5 4 1 0 0 0
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 1
27 James, Max ? ? 1 3 14 12 2 4 0 0 1
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 3
10 Roberts, John ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 26 10 16 8 2 3 0
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 2 4
22 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 3
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 6 17 3 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 4 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 14 288 193 95 67 29 37 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 12 0 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 4
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 3 0 24 22 2 9 0 1 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 4 3 31 26 5 9 0 1 2
44 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 0 22 9 13 9 0 1 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 2 2 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 8 0 0 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 10 3 7 3 14 0 5
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 5 0 2 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 2 1 1 1
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 0 34 22 12 1 0 2 5
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 2 8 8 0 5 1 1 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 4 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 6 0 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 21 13 330 219 111 77 31 23 37

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