1927 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1927 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round one of the 1927 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. Clarrie Lethlean captained the visitors with Jim McCashney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by George Heinz and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

St Kilda (12.16.88) defeated Hawthorn (11.2.68).

Match Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 30 April 1927
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Hawthorn
Score: 12.16.88 - 11.2.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 4 7 . 7 11 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Hawthorn 4 . 2 8 . 2 9 . 2 11 . 2 11 . 2 (68)
Margin STKL by 2 HWTH by 1 STKL by 21 STKL by 20 STKL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: George Heinz

Hawthorn

Captain: Clarrie Lethlean
Vice-Captain: Jim McCashney
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Gibson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 0 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
24 Cormack, Eric ? ? 0 ?
29 Fidler, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
28 Gunnyon, Wal ? ? 0 ?
Heinz, George ? ? 1 ?
26 Hepburn, Stan ? ? 2 ?
6 Keddie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
Lakin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 O'Brien, Dermot ? ? 0 ?
9 Phillips, Fred ? ? 1 ?
4 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 1 ?
25 Sanneman, Ed ? ? 1 ?
19 Scully, Frank ? ? 2 ?
15 Shelton, Jack ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 16

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Arnott, George FB ? 0 ?
1 Barker, Fred WR ? 0 ?
22 Ennis, Mick FF ? 3 ?
14 Gill, Jack WL ? 0 ?
Henry, Bill RU ? 0 ?
20 Hyde, Bert CHF ? 3 ?
23 Keary, Pat BPR ? 0 ?
16 Lethlean, Clarrie (c) RU ? 0 ?
8 McCashney, Jim (vc) C ? 0 ?
15 Pickford, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 2 ?
25 Sellers, Bob FPR ? 1 ?
2 Sinclair, Jim FPL ? 1 ?
7 Splatt, Clem CHB ? 0 ?
9 Stewart, Stuart HBFL ? 0 ?
Townley, Harry HFFL ? 0 ?
12 Utting, Ernie BPL ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Wal HFFR ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 2

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

St Kilda Coach: George Heinz
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 E. Utting 5 G. Arnott 23 P. Keary













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 S. Stewart 7 C. Splatt 15 J. Pickford













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 J. Gill 8 J. McCashney (vc) 1 F. Barker









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE B. Henry

HALF-FORWARD 16 C. Lethlean (c)

H. Townley 20 B. Hyde 28 W. Williams 19 T. Pool











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



2 J. Sinclair 22 M. Ennis 25 B. Sellers













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Dan Minogue