1981 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1981 between Geelong and Footscray during round twenty-one of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Geelong (18.20.128) defeated Footscray (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,573

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 18.20.128 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 10 . 5 13 . 7 15 . 16 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Footscray 1 . 1 5 . 5 7 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin GEEL by 58 GEEL by 50 GEEL by 57 GEEL by 69 GEEL by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 7 2 17 15 2 7 14 3 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 1 28 25 3 2 0 2 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 1 0 3 0
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 2 2 31 26 5 4 0 6 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 2 0 1 3
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 10 12 2 2
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 1 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 2 0 5 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 3 0 1 4
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 2 22 14 8 5 0 2 1
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 7 3 0 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 5 0 2 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 0 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 9 0 2 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 18 20 350 255 95 79 29 36 25

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 0 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 3 0 1 3
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 11 1 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 2 29 19 10 4 0 1 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 0 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 2
41 Gallagher, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 8 29 1 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 7 0 2 1
12 Knight, Steven ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 5 0 2 3
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 2 0
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 1 0 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 1 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 3 0 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 1 0 2 1
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 4 0 0 2
47 Seery, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 7 0 1 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 2 6
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 5 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 11 308 201 107 69 44 25 36

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