1981 VFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1981 between Essendon and Geelong during round twenty-two of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Essendon (6.11.47) were defeated by Geelong (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 75,221

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 6.11.47 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Geelong 2 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 12 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 4 3
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 3 22 11 11 4 0 5 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 3 0 0 1
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 6 2 0 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 4 1 0 2
28 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 5 0 6 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 3 0 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 2 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 0 0 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 20 3 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 3 10 0 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 7 3 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 5 3
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 2 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 3 5 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 3 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 11 276 202 74 50 43 41 36

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 12 1 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 1 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 4 0 1 3
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 5 0 1 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 2
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 1 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 12 4 4
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 3 0 2 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 4 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 2 2 19 11 8 1 0 1 2
27 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 4 0 6 4
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 1 3
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 5 0 4 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 13 262 209 53 46 24 36 41

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