1981 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1981 between Collingwood and Fitzroy in the first semi final of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Peter Moore captained the hosts. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Collingwood (19.19.133) defeated Fitzroy (19.18.132).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 September 1981
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 85,133

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.19.133 - 19.18.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 6 11 . 13 14 . 15 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 13 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Margin COLL by 21 COLL by 38 COLL by 14 COLL by 1 COLL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Peter Moore
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Atkin, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 6 16 0 5
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 5 19 15 4 5 0 4 3
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 5 0 1 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 1
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 3 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 3 3 19 17 2 9 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 19 17 2 0 0 4 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 1 0 3 5
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 0
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1
30 Moore, Peter (c) ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 5 0 2
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 4 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 3 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 1
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 24 12 12 3 0 4 1
50 Smith, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 2 0 2 0
37 Twomey, David ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 3 0 5 0
21 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 2 21 13 8 2 0 0 5
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 19 287 197 90 59 21 34 34

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 6 38 4 0
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 2 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 1 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 2
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 1 0 2 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
26 Herbert, Des ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 2
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 2
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 6 1 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 4 3 22 18 4 4 1 4 4
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 3 0 3 0
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 3 0 2 2
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 2 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 4 0 2 5
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 5 2 14 12 2 5 7 2 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 3 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 8 1 2 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 1 3 27 18 9 3 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 18 296 196 100 60 53 34 34

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