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Geelong vs Essendon
| Round: 1 Venue: Kardinia Park Date: Sat, 28-03-1981 2:10 pm Crowd: 37,256 | |||||
| Geelong | 3.4.22 | 6.9.45 | 8.14.62 | 10.17.77 | C: Bill Goggin |
| Essendon | 3.2.20 | 4.5.29 | 9.8.62 | 10.11.71 | C: Kevin Sheedy |
| GEEL by 2 | GEEL by 16 | Scores level | GEEL by 6 | ||
Match stats
| Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 16 | Blake, Rod | 13 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 28y 286d | 142 | 56 | |
| 24 | Bos, Mark | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20y 243d | 30 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bright, Terry | 12 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23y 44d | 100 | 158 | |
| 19 | Bruns, Neville | 18 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22y 176d | 40 | 49 | |
| 20 | Card, Ray | 15 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23y 358d | 52 | 2 | |
| 11 | Featherby, Peter | 14 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 29y 106d | 79 | 44 | |
| 37 | Floyd, Tommy | 12 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20y 172d | 30 | 30 | |
| 22 | Jeffreys, Paul | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22y 18d | 31 | 8 | |
| 3 | Johnston, Peter | 10 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23y 135d | 61 | 77 | |
| 39 | Lunn, Stephen | 12 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25y 16d | 23 | 20 | |
| 5 | Malarkey, Gary | 10 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 27y 309d | 83 | 0 | |
| 10 | Mossop, John | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 21y 287d | 26 | 17 | |
| 33 | Nankervis, Bruce | 12 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30y 226d | 186 | 69 | |
| 40 | Nankervis, Ian | 16 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33y 84d | 267 | 200 | |
| 1 | Reed, Malcolm | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23y 45d | 18 | 5 | |
| 17 | Reynoldson, Steve | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18y 203d | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sidebottom, Garry | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26y 127d | 55 | 87 | |
| 34 | Taylor, Zane | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24y 28d | 14 | 3 | |
| 9 | Turner, Mick | 17 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26y 112d | 130 | 74 | |
| 18 | Witcombe, Murray | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 147d | 59 | 35 | |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 220 | 73 | 83 | 303 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 46 | 32 | 24y 284d | 1427 | 941 | ||
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | 15 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25y 319d | 97 | 14 | |
| 38 | Bennett, Peter | 11 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24y 140d | 69 | 23 | |
| 30 | Besanko, Neil | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29y 334d | 180 | 5 | |
| 20 | Buhagiar, Tony | 19 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 25y 176d | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | Carey, Stephen | 9 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21y 165d | 8 | 0 | |
| 8 | Carman, Phil | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30y 205d | 82 | 172 | |
| 39 | Clarke, Neil | 13 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23y 212d | 25 | 5 | |
| 31 | Crow, Max | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25y 80d | 99 | 103 | |
| 6 | Daniher, Neale | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20y 41d | 46 | 11 | |
| 5 | Daniher, Terry | 12 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23y 225d | 75 | 149 | |
| 10 | Foulds, Garry | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 319d | 116 | 49 | |
| 23 | Fowler, Grant | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24y 16d | 52 | 46 | |
| 33 | Hawker, Glenn | 18 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20y 11d | 26 | 11 | |
| 9 | Heard, Shane | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22y 243d | 62 | 13 | |
| 27 | Madden, Simon | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 23y 88d | 132 | 241 | |
| 25 | Merrett, Roger | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 343d | 19 | 3 | |
| 1 | Neagle, Merv | 11 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23y 21d | 54 | 23 | |
| 2 | Reid, Alan | 15 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25y 58d | 24 | 5 | |
| 16 | Taubert, Stephen | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27y 173d | 66 | 42 | |
| 18 | Vander Haar, Paul | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23y 21d | 66 | 104 | |
| Totals | 208 | 69 | 86 | 294 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 46 | 24y 86d | 1299 | 1022 | ||
Match highlights
Rod Blake played his 150th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R1)Steve Reynoldson debuted for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Tony Buhagiar debuted for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R1)