1963 VFL Round 4: Hawthorn v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1963 between Hawthorn and South Melbourne during round 4 of the 1963 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted South Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. Graham Arthur captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Noel McMahen.

Hawthorn
Back: D. Parkin, P. Hay, G. Cooper
Half-back: C. McPherson, J. McArthur, B. Edwards
Centre: J. Fisher, P. Lyon, C. Youren
Half-forward: I. Mort, K. Coverdale, R. Nalder
Forward: D. Albiston, J. Peck, D. Dickson
Follower: A. Woodley, G. Arthur (capt.), I. Law
Sub.: G. Haslem, N. Watson

South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), H. Alexander, D. Bethke, K. Colvin, P. Dolling, C. Goonan, P. Harrison, J. Heriot, F. Johnson, B. Kingston, S. Magee, T. McGee, B. McGowan, H. McLaughlin, K. Phillips, J. Rantall, E. Reilly, B. Ross, T. Somerville, B. Strachan

Hawthorn (21.25.151) defeated South Melbourne (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Peck (7), I. Law (3), D. Albiston (2), G. Arthur (2), K. Coverdale (2), I. Mort (2), R. Nalder (2), D. Dickson
South Melbourne: F. Johnson (3), D. Bethke (2), K. Colvin, S. Magee, B. McGowan, H. McLaughlin, B. Ross, B. Skilton

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 6th on the ladder and South Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Hawthorn v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 May 1963
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. South Melbourne
Score: 21.25.151 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 7 11 . 12 16 . 19 21 . 25 21 . 25 (151)
South Melbourne 1 . 2 5 . 4 5 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin HWTH by 29 HWTH by 44 HWTH by 75 HWTH by 71 HWTH by 71
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Noel McMahen (South Melbourne)
Captains: Graham Arthur (Hawthorn), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Blew

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Albiston, David FPL ? 2 ?
2 Arthur, Graham (c) RR ? 2 ?
10 Cooper, Graham BPR ? 0 ?
11 Coverdale, Kevin CHF ? 2 ?
8 Dickson, Des FPR ? 1 ?
9 Edwards, Brendan HBFR ? 0 ?
5 Fisher, John WL ? 0 ?
18 Haslem, Graeme SUB↑ ? 0 ?
22 Hay, Phil FB↓ ? 0 ?
7 Law, Ian RO ? 3 ?
1 Lyon, Peter C↓ ? 0 ?
28 McArthur, John CHB ? 0 ?
26 McPherson, Cam HBFL ? 0 ?
14 Mort, Ian HFFL ? 2 ?
3 Nalder, Ron HFFR ? 2 ?
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 ?
23 Peck, John FF ? 7 ?
15 Watson, Norm SUB↑ ? 0 ?
24 Woodley, Allan RU ? 0 ?
30 Youren, Colin WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 21 25

N. Watson replaced P. Hay at three-quarter-time.
G. Haslem replaced P. Lyon during the fourth quarter.

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Alexander, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 2 ?
2 Colvin, Ken ? ? 1 ?
39 Dolling, Peter ? ? 0 ?
37 Goonan, Clem ? ? 0 ?
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 ?
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Frank ? ? 3 ?
23 Kingston, Bob ? ? 0 ?
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 ?
49 McGee, Terry ? ? 0 ?
3 McGowan, Brian ? ? 1 ?
25 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
38 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Reilly, Elkin ? ? 0 ?
10 Ross, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
19 Somerville, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
28 Strachan, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 14

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: John Kennedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






24 A. Woodley 18 G. Haslem
8 D. Dickson 23 J. Peck 6 D. Albiston 2 G. Arthur (c) 15 N. Watson
FORWARD 7 I. Law

HALF-BACK













3 R. Nalder 11 K. Coverdale 14 I. Mort



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













30 C. Youren 1 P. Lyon 5 J. Fisher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













9 B. Edwards 28 J. McArthur 26 C. McPherson



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













10 G. Cooper 22 P. Hay 27 D. Parkin



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: Noel McMahen