1981 Games · 1981 Player Statistics

Geelong 77 – 71 Essendon

← · 1981 · Round 1 · 28/03/1981 2:10 · Kardinia Park · Crowd 37256 · →

Geelong 3.4.226.9.458.14.6210.17.77
Essendon 3.2.204.5.299.8.6210.11.71
Qrt margin GE by 2GE by 16LevelGE by 6
Qrt scores GE 22-20GE 23-9ES 33-17GE 15-9
Field umpires Neville Nash (124), Ian Robinson (190)

Geelong Match Statistics (77) — Coach: Bill Goggin

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
16 Rod Blake 13 7 10 23 13 2 1
24 Mark Bos 10 4 5 15 1 1
4 Terry Bright 12 4 1 13 2 3 1 2
19 Neville Bruns 18 4 2 20 4
20 Ray Card 15 2 3 18 6 3
11 Peter Featherby 14 3 11 25 5 2
37 Tommy Floyd 12 2 4 16 2 3
22 Paul Jeffreys 5 3 3 8 1
3 Peter Johnston 10 10 4 14 2 1 5
39 Stephen Lunn 12 1 4 16 1 1 3 1
5 Gary Malarkey 10 1 7 17 1 6 2
10 John Mossop 12 7 4 16 1 1 10 3 4
33 Bruce Nankervis 12 3 3 15 1 3 2
40 Ian Nankervis 16 4 6 22 2 1
1 Malcolm Reed 4 2 3 7 1
17 Steve Reynoldson 7 4 3 10 1 2
6 Garry Sidebottom 9 4 2 11 1 3 1 3 2
34 Zane Taylor 7 1 2 9 1 2 1
9 Michael Turner 17 6 2 19 1 2 2
18 Murray Witcombe 5 1 4 9 1
Totals 22073833031015244632
Opposition 20869862941011233146

Essendon Match Statistics (71) — Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
4 Ron Andrews 15 7 7 22 3 4
38 Peter Bennett 11 5 8 19 3 2
30 Neil Besanko 6 2 2 8 2
20 Tony Buhagiar 19 4 6 25 3 2 5 4
17 Stephen Carey 9 1 5 14 3 1
8 Phil Carman 3 1 3 6 1 4
39 Neil Clarke 13 1 3 16 1
31 Max Crow 8 7 5 13 2 1 2 1 4
6 Neale Daniher 9 4 4 13 1 3
5 Terry Daniher 12 6 3 15 2 2 1 3
10 Garry Foulds 10 2 3 13 1
23 Grant Fowler 8 2 6 14 2
33 Glenn Hawker 18 3 6 24 1 2
9 Shane Heard 8 4 7 15 1 2 2
27 Simon Madden 5 3 3 8 1 18 2 2
25 Roger Merrett 3 3 3 1
1 Merv Neagle 11 1 6 17 1 1 4
2 Alan Reid 15 6 8 23 1 1 4
16 Steven Taubert 11 1 12 4 1
18 Paul Vander Haar 14 7 14 1 1 3 3 1
Totals 20869862941011233146
Opposition 22073833031015244632

Geelong Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Geelong Games (W-D-L W%) Geelong Goals (Ave.)
16 Rod Blake 28y 286d 142 (69-0-73 48.59%) 56 (0.39) ← ←
24 Mark Bos 20y 243d 30 (21-0-9 70.00%) 6 (0.20) ← ←
4 Terry Bright 23y 44d 100 (56-0-44 56.00%) 158 (1.58) ← ←
19 Neville Bruns 22y 176d 40 (24-0-16 60.00%) 49 (1.23) ← ←
20 Ray Card 23y 358d 52 (28-0-24 53.85%) 2 (0.04) ← ←
11 Peter Featherby 29y 106d 79 (46-1-32 58.86%) 44 (0.56) 37 (25-0-12 67.57%) 29 (0.78)
37 Tommy Floyd 20y 172d 30 (24-0-6 80.00%) 30 (1.00) ← ←
22 Paul Jeffreys 22y 18d 31 (22-0-9 70.97%) 8 (0.26) ← ←
3 Peter Johnston 23y 135d 61 (29-0-32 47.54%) 77 (1.26) 31 (22-0-9 70.97%) 41 (1.32)
39 Stephen Lunn 25y 16d 23 (18-0-5 78.26%) 20 (0.87) ← ←
5 Gary Malarkey 27y 309d 83 (44-0-39 53.01%) ← ←
10 John Mossop 21y 287d 26 (14-0-12 53.85%) 17 (0.65) ← ←
33 Bruce Nankervis 30y 226d 186 (88-0-98 47.31%) 69 (0.37) ← ←
40 Ian Nankervis 33y 84d 267 (131-1-135 49.25%) 200 (0.75) ← ←
1 Malcolm Reed 23y 45d 18 (13-0-5 72.22%) 5 (0.28) ← ←
17 Steve Reynoldson 18y 203d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) 1 (1.00) ← ← debut
6 Garry Sidebottom 26y 127d 55 (17-3-35 33.64%) 87 (1.58) 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) 1 (1.00)
34 Zane Taylor 24y 28d 14 (10-0-4 71.43%) 3 (0.21) ← ←
9 Michael Turner 26y 112d 130 (69-0-61 53.08%) 74 (0.57) ← ←
18 Murray Witcombe 24y 147d 59 (35-0-24 59.32%) 35 (0.59) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 24y 284d 1427 (759-5-663 53.36%) 941 (0.66)
C Bill Goggin 40y 83d 71 (39-2-30 56.34%) 25 (18-0-7 72.00%)

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
4 Ron Andrews 25y 319d 97 (43-1-53 44.85%) 14 (0.14) ← ←
38 Peter Bennett 24y 140d 69 (30-1-38 44.20%) 23 (0.33) 56 (23-1-32 41.96%) 18 (0.32)
30 Neil Besanko 29y 334d 180 (91-3-86 51.39%) 5 (0.03) 31 (13-1-17 43.55%) 1 (0.03)
20 Tony Buhagiar 25y 176d 1 (0-0-1 0.00%) 3 (3.00) ← ← debut
17 Stephen Carey 21y 165d 8 (4-0-4 50.00%) ← ←
8 Phil Carman 30y 205d 82 (44-0-38 53.66%) 172 (2.10) 5 (2-0-3 40.00%) 7 (1.40)
39 Neil Clarke 23y 212d 25 (10-0-15 40.00%) 5 (0.20) ← ←
31 Max Crow 25y 80d 99 (38-1-60 38.89%) 103 (1.04) ← ←
6 Neale Daniher 20y 41d 46 (22-1-23 48.91%) 11 (0.24) ← ←
5 Terry Daniher 23y 225d 75 (35-2-38 48.00%) 149 (1.99) 56 (25-1-30 45.54%) 127 (2.27)
10 Garry Foulds 24y 319d 116 (48-2-66 42.24%) 49 (0.42) ← ←
23 Grant Fowler 24y 16d 52 (23-0-29 44.23%) 46 (0.88) 17 (7-0-10 41.18%) 15 (0.88)
33 Glenn Hawker 20y 11d 26 (12-0-14 46.15%) 11 (0.42) ← ←
9 Shane Heard 22y 243d 62 (25-2-35 41.94%) 13 (0.21) ← ←
27 Simon Madden 23y 88d 132 (57-2-73 43.94%) 241 (1.83) ← ←
25 Roger Merrett 20y 343d 19 (10-1-8 55.26%) 3 (0.16) ← ←
1 Merv Neagle 23y 21d 54 (23-1-30 43.52%) 23 (0.43) ← ←
2 Alan Reid 25y 58d 24 (14-1-9 60.42%) 5 (0.21) ← ←
16 Steven Taubert 27y 173d 66 (23-1-42 35.61%) 42 (0.64) 51 (17-1-33 34.31%) 28 (0.55)
18 Paul Vander Haar 23y 21d 66 (26-1-39 40.15%) 104 (1.58) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 24y 87d 1299 (578-20-701 45.27%) 1022 (0.79)
C Kevin Sheedy 33y 94d 1 (0-0-1 0.00%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.