1981 VFL Season 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 twenty of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (9.14.68) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.17.77).

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

St Kilda

Captain: Bruce Duperouzel
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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