1981 VFL Season Round 22: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1981 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Hawthorn (15.20.110) defeated Melbourne (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 7,922

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 15.20.110 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 5 6 . 9 10 . 14 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 6 5 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin HWTH by 15 HWTH by 15 HWTH by 36 HWTH by 53 HWTH by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 2 2 21 17 4 4 0 0 2
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 5 0 16 11 5 7 11 1 5
19 Goad, Alan RR ? 1 1 22 18 4 1 0 2 4
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 0 24 12 12 1 0 4 5
48 Howard, Glenn HFFR ? 0 2 10 3 7 1 0 0 0
34 Kennedy, John HBFL ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 1 23 14 9 9 2 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 1 4 18 15 3 4 0 2 2
20 McCarthy, Michael CHF ? 2 2 13 8 5 6 1 0 6
46 Mew, Chris WR ? 0 3 13 11 2 6 0 0 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 2 0
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 3 0 22 16 6 4 0 2 3
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 21 8 13 8 0 4 1
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 6 0 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 0 1
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 1 0 24 13 11 8 26 3 3
17 Tuck, Michael HFFL ? 0 2 23 18 5 5 0 4 2
13 Wade, Scott INT ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 3 26 21 5 1 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 20 347 238 109 78 46 33 44

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 3
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 0 22 19 3 2 0 1 3
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 6 0 0 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 5 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 4 0 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 6 2
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 4
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 2 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 3 2 0 2
41 McGlashan, Dave ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 1 5 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 3 7 1 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 4 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 2 1 30 19 11 4 0 2 0
47 O'Dwyer, Des ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 3 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 10 3 3 1
50 Todd, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 2 3 1 7
48 Tossol, John ? ? 0 2 12 6 6 3 0 3 0
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 2 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 9 302 197 105 68 16 44 33

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

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott 12 I. Paton
22 P. Murnane 3 L. Matthews (c) 11 R. Davies 19 A. Goad 13 S. Wade
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

HALF-BACK













48 G. Howard 20 M. McCarthy 17 M. Tuck



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













46 C. Mew 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













10 D. Polkinghorne 24 P. Knights 34 J. Kennedy



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 15 K. Moore 4 P. Russo



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi