1948 VFL Round 8: St Kilda v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1948 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round 8 of the 1948 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. Alec Albiston captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Froude and the visitors were coached by Alec Albiston.

St Kilda
P. Bennett, B. Cameron, J. Drinan, K. Drinan, F. Green, B. Hancock, M. McBean, J. Meehan, T. Meehan, L. Millar, K. Mulhall, D. Murnane, D. Nisbet, K. O'Donnell, A. Olle, K. Rosewarne, J. Ross, A. Squire, A. Stevens, B. Wilkie

Hawthorn
Back: L. Pabst, W. Culpitt, T. Ferguson
Half-back: C. Austen, R. Boys, J. Robison
Centre: N. Pearson, P. O'Donohue, J. Brain
Half-forward: K. Hopper, C. Philp, T. Fletcher
Forward: A. Prior, B. Milgate, C. Swenson
Follower: K. Curran, M. Williams, A. Albiston (capt.)
Sub.: L. Andrews, J. Marr

St Kilda (7.12.54) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.12.72).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: K. Rosewarne (3), B. Hancock, T. Meehan, K. Mulhall, J. Ross
Hawthorn: A. Prior (4), A. Albiston (2), T. Ferguson, B. Milgate, C. Philp, M. Williams

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: St Kilda v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 5 June 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Hawthorn
Score: 7.12.54 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 3 2 . 7 5 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Hawthorn 5 . 3 5 . 4 8 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin HWTH by 30 HWTH by 15 HWTH by 18 HWTH by 18 HWTH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Fred Froude (St Kilda), Alec Albiston (Hawthorn)
Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Alec Albiston (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 1 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
2 Meehan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Meehan, Tom ? ? 1 ?
16 Millar, Len ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
14 Murnane, Danny ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Donnell, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 3 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 1 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 0 ?
8 Stevens, Alan ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Albiston, Alec (c) RO ? 2 ?
5 Andrews, Len SUB↑ ? 0 ?
9 Austen, Col HBFL ? 0 ?
29 Boys, Ron CHB ? 0 ?
11 Brain, Jack WR ? 0 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally FB ? 0 ?
25 Curran, Kevin RU ? 0 ?
20 Ferguson, Tom BPR ? 1 ?
23 Fletcher, Ted HFFR↓ ? 0 ?
3 Hopper, Ken HFFL ? 0 ?
28 Marr, Jack SUB ? 0 ?
19 Milgate, Bob FF ? 1 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter C ? 0 ?
15 Pabst, Len BPL ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive CHF ? 1 ?
24 Prior, Albert FPL ? 4 ?
12 Robison, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
16 Swenson, Clarrie FPR ? 0 ?
10 Williams, Mel RU ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 12

L. Andrews replaced T. Fletcher during the fourth quarter.

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: Fred Froude
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 L. Pabst 2 W. Culpitt 20 T. Ferguson













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 C. Austen 29 R. Boys 12 J. Robison













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 K. Curran 5 L. Andrews
HALF-FORWARD 10 M. Williams 28 J. Marr
3 K. Hopper 8 C. Philp 23 T. Fletcher 1 A. Albiston (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



24 A. Prior 19 B. Milgate 16 C. Swenson













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Alec Albiston