| Venue: VFL Park Waverley | Date: Monday April 20, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 28 points | Umpires: James and Fellows | Crowd: 27,299 Receipts $52,979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: M.Fitzpatrick 2, B.Armstrong 2, G.Whitnall 2, B.Doull 2, P.Bosustow 2, P.McConville 2, G.Wells 1, W.Jones 1, M.Maclure 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: V.Perovic, P.Maylin, K.Hunter, R.Ashman, G.Southby. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: I.Hampshire (Foots) by field umpire James on a charge of having struck K.Hunter with a right clenched fist to the right side of the head in the second quarter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
At VFL Park where Footscray gave Carlton a real battle, the Blues ever-reliable Val Perovic was judged best afield. - Hutton's Inside Football Player of the Year.This nondescript game nearly provided the Goal of the Year by none other than new recruit Mario Bortolotto!
He started from the half-back line (that was a long way from goal at VFL Park!) took 4 or 5 bounces and shot for goal....and it hit the post! Because Mario missed, and it was not a telecast match (although I daresay some sort of footage was probably taken) a great solo effort has been all but forgotten about.
Footscray stayed close to Carlton all day but eventually the Bulldogs lack of a key forward let them down. - Football Record.
Team
| B: | 27 Des English | 20 Geoff Southby (vc) | 6 Mario Bortolotto |
| HB: | 9 Ken Hunter | 15 Val Perovic | 11 Bruce Doull |
| C: | 13 Phil Maylin | 1 Greg Wells | 47 Peter Francis |
| HF: | 33 Peter McConville | 4 Peter Bosustow | 30 Graeme Whitnall |
| F: | 2 Warren 'Wow' Jones | 36 Mark Maclure | 34 Alex Marcou |
| Ruck: | 3 Mike Fitzpatrick (c) | 12 Barry Armstrong | 14 Rod Ashman |
| Interchange: | 35 Denis Lenaghan | 29 Greg Sharp | |
| Coach: | David Parkin | ||
Milestones
Debut: Greg Sharp100 VFL Games: Val Perovic
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