1950 VFL Round 2: St Kilda v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1950 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 1950 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. Fred Green captained the hosts. Kevin Curran captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Froude and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

St Kilda
F. Green (capt.), P. Bennett, H. Bray, B. Cameron, K. Cockfield, J. Coffey, K. Drinan, A. Greenshields, B. Hancock, M. Langdon, J. McDonald, B. Mee, K. Mulhall, D. Nisbet, A. Olle, B. Phillips, K. Rosewarne, J. Ross, A. Squire, D. Wicks

Hawthorn
Back: N. Black, C. Philp, F. Prowse
Half-back: P. O'Donohue, B. Griffiths, J. Robison
Centre: N. Pearson, T. Allsop, B. Fisher
Half-forward: K. Hopper, P. Scott, T. Fletcher
Forward: G. Anderson, A. Prior, M. Fitchett
Follower: K. Curran (capt.), J. Kennedy, J. Rattray
Sub.: L. Bohan, F. Wain

St Kilda (20.24.144) defeated Hawthorn (5.5.35).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: P. Bennett (8), J. Ross (6), B. Hancock (3), D. Nisbet, K. Rosewarne, A. Squire
Hawthorn: G. Anderson (2), A. Prior (2), B. Fisher

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 1st on the ladder (up from 5th) and Hawthorn remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 29 April 1950
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Hawthorn
Score: 20.24.144 - 5.5.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 12 10 . 13 15 . 22 20 . 24 20 . 24 (144)
Hawthorn 0 . 1 4 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 5 5 . 5 (35)
Margin STKL by 35 STKL by 47 STKL by 85 STKL by 109 STKL by 109
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Fred Froude (St Kilda), Bob McCaskill (Hawthorn)
Captains: Fred Green (St Kilda), Kevin Curran (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Jones
Boundary Umpire: L. Sutton

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 8 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
11 Cameron, Bill ? ? 0 ?
32 Cockfield, Ken ? ? 0 ?
14 Coffey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Drinan, Keith ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
30 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 3 ?
26 Langdon, Mark ? ? 0 ?
29 McDonald, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Mee, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 0 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 1 ?
22 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 6 ?
7 Squire, Alan ? ? 1 ?
16 Wicks, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 20 24

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Allsop, Tom C ? 0 ?
6 Anderson, Gordon FPL ? 2 ?
22 Black, Norm BPL ? 0 ?
15 Bohan, Leo SUB ? 0 ?
1 Curran, Kevin (c) RU ? 0 ?
26 Fisher, Bob WR ? 1 ?
36 Fitchett, Mike FPR ? 0 ?
23 Fletcher, Ted HFFR ? 0 ?
13 Griffiths, Barry CHB ? 0 ?
3 Hopper, Ken HFFL ? 0 ?
10 Kennedy, John RU ? 0 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter HBFL ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
8 Philp, Clive FB ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Albert FF ? 2 ?
31 Prowse, Frank BPR ? 0 ?
9 Rattray, Jim RO ? 0 ?
12 Robison, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
35 Scott, Peter CHF ? 0 ?
2 Wain, Fred SUB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 5 5

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
22 N. Black 8 C. Philp 31 F. Prowse













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



14 P. O'Donohue 13 B. Griffiths 12 J. Robison













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 N. Pearson 4 T. Allsop 26 B. Fisher









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 K. Curran (c) 15 L. Bohan
HALF-FORWARD 10 J. Kennedy 2 F. Wain
3 K. Hopper 35 P. Scott 23 T. Fletcher 9 J. Rattray











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 G. Anderson 24 A. Prior 36 M. Fitchett













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Bob McCaskill