1981 VFL Round 20: St Kilda v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1981 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round 20 of the 1981 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Bruce Duperouzel captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

St Kilda
B. Duperouzel (capt.), T. Barker, J. Bennett, G. Burns, D. Cox, G. Cunningham, R. Elphinstone, M. Faletic, G. Gellie, C. Gorozidis, M. Kellett, G. Lofts, G. Middlemiss, B. Mildenhall, G. Odgers, M. Roberts, J. Sarau, I. Sartori, R. Sutherland, G. Thomas

Hawthorn
Back: P. Schwab, K. Moore, D. O'Halloran
Half-back: R. DiPierdomenico, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre: G. Ablett, T. Wallace, G. Howard
Half-forward: J. Kennedy, M. Tuck, J. Hendrie
Forward: R. Davies, L. Matthews (capt.), P. Russo
Follower: D. Scott, R. Greene, N. Goss
Int.: R. Mace, I. Paton

St Kilda (9.14.68) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.17.77).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: C. Gorozidis (3), R. Sutherland (2), J. Bennett, R. Elphinstone, M. Faletic, M. Kellett
Hawthorn: R. Davies (2), G. Ablett, N. Goss, R. Greene, J. Kennedy, R. Mace, L. Matthews, P. Russo, T. Wallace

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 10th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: St Kilda v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 15 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,863

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.14.68 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Hawthorn 1 . 6 4 . 13 7 . 15 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin STKL by 10 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alex Jesaulenko (St Kilda), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Bruce Duperouzel (St Kilda), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, J. Chapman

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 4 1
34 Bennett, John ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 0
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 2 36 17 19 10 0 3 5
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 3 0 1 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 5 0 2 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 1 2
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 4 1 0 1
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 3 0 1 1
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 0 1 18 5 13 0 0 2 1
41 Gorozidis, Con ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 3 0 0 4
2 Lofts, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 0
14 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 3 0
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 1
29 Odgers, Gary ? ? 0 2 17 8 9 2 0 0 2
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 2 27 23 4 2 0 7 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 6 15 4 4
6 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 0
30 Sutherland, Rick ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 1 3 3 1
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 14 353 206 147 62 19 38 28

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 2 21 18 3 1 0 2 3
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 2 0 10 4 6 4 12 0 3
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 3
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 1 1 19 14 5 2 0 2 3
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 1 1 18 12 6 3 0 1 0
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 0
48 Howard, Glenn WR ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 1 1 22 15 7 3 0 2 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 23 15 8 9 1 3 0
38 Mace, Robert INT ? 1 1 22 17 5 8 0 1 3
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 1 3 35 32 3 7 1 4 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 1
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 1 2
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 8 4 4 5 3 0 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 1 17 14 3 2 0 0 4
4 Russo, Peter FPR ? 1 2 14 11 3 2 0 1 2
43 Schwab, Peter BPL ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 23 9 14 5 21 4 4
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 0 2 21 13 8 4 0 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 0 23 16 7 2 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 17 331 233 98 75 38 28 38

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

St Kilda Coach: Alex Jesaulenko
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
43 P. Schwab 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 R. DiPierdomenico 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 48 G. Howard









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 38 R. Mace
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Greene 12 I. Paton
34 J. Kennedy 17 M. Tuck 25 J. Hendrie 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 R. Davies 3 L. Matthews (c) 4 P. Russo













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans