1947 VFL Round 15: Hawthorn v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1947 between Hawthorn and St Kilda during round 15 of the 1947 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at Glenferrie Oval. Alec Albiston captained the hosts. Allan Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Albiston and the visitors were coached by Allan Hird.

Hawthorn
Back: C. Austen, W. Culpitt, L. Andrews
Half-back: J. McLeod, D. McVilly, J. Robison
Centre: J. Brain, P. O'Donohue, N. Pearson
Half-forward: L. Woolf, K. Hopper, C. Swenson
Forward: K. Curran, A. Prior, J. Hester
Follower: T. Ferguson, J. Morgan, A. Albiston (capt.)
Sub.: L. Johnston, L. Pabst

St Kilda
A. Hird (capt.), P. Bennett, H. Bray, G. Brunnen, J. Drinan, F. Green, B. Hancock, V. Hogan, K. Mace, M. McBean, E. McIntyre, R. McLeod, L. Millar, K. Mulhall, D. Nisbet, G. Ramsay, M. Rippon, K. Rosewarne, J. Ross, B. Wilkie

Hawthorn (16.18.114) defeated St Kilda (10.9.69).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Hester (3), A. Prior (3), C. Swenson (3), L. Woolf (2), A. Albiston, T. Ferguson, K. Hopper, J. Morgan, L. Pabst
St Kilda: P. Bennett (4), K. Rosewarne (2), A. Hird, E. McIntyre, R. McLeod, J. Ross

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Hawthorn v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 26 July 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. St Kilda
Score: 16.18.114 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 5 6 . 12 9 . 16 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
St Kilda 5 . 1 6 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin STKL by 20 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 45 HWTH by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alec Albiston (Hawthorn), Allan Hird (St Kilda)
Captains: Alec Albiston (Hawthorn), Allan Hird (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bride

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Albiston, Alec (c) RO ? 1 ?
5 Andrews, Len BPR ? 0 ?
9 Austen, Col BPL ? 0 ?
11 Brain, Jack WL ? 0 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally FB ? 0 ?
25 Curran, Kevin FPL ? 0 ?
20 Ferguson, Tom RU↓ ? 1 ?
29 Hester, Jack FPR ? 3 ?
3 Hopper, Ken CHF ? 1 ?
30 Johnston, Lionel SUB↑ ? 0 ?
4 McLeod, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
8 McVilly, Don CHB ? 0 ?
8 Morgan, Jim RU ? 1 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter C ? 0 ?
15 Pabst, Len SUB↑ ? 1 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WR ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Albert FF ? 3 ?
12 Robison, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
16 Swenson, Clarrie HFFR ? 3 ?
27 Woolf, Len HFFL↓ ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 18

L. Pabst replaced L. Woolf during the third quarter.
L. Johnston replaced T. Ferguson during the fourth quarter.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 4 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Drinan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 1 ?
17 Hogan, Vin ? ? 0 ?
11 Mace, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 1 ?
Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
3 Ramsay, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 2 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 9

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

Hawthorn Coach: Alec Albiston
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






20 T. Ferguson 30 L. Johnston
29 J. Hester 24 A. Prior 25 K. Curran 8 J. Morgan 15 L. Pabst
FORWARD 1 A. Albiston (c)

HALF-BACK













16 C. Swenson 3 K. Hopper 27 L. Woolf



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













7 N. Pearson 14 P. O'Donohue 11 J. Brain FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













12 J. Robison 8 D. McVilly 4 J. McLeod



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













5 L. Andrews 2 W. Culpitt 9 C. Austen



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Allan Hird