1966 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1966 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round five of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors with John Peck as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Peter O'Donohue.

Footscray (10.10.70) defeated Hawthorn (4.10.34).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 21 May 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,424

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Hawthorn
Score: 10.10.70 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 1 5 . 4 8 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Hawthorn 0 . 1 2 . 2 2 . 5 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin FOOT by 24 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Vice-Captain: John Peck
Coach: Peter O'Donohue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 10 0 0 3
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 2
12 Burgess, Ted ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0
24 Charles, John ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 3 2 0 7
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 3 0 3 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 1
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 1 1 2
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 2 0 2 4
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 5 0 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 2 24 20 4 10 0 3 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 3 1 2 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 4 1
2 Prior, Doug ? ? 5 1 11 11 0 7 0 0 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 13 1 2
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 2 0
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 3 2 10 8 2 4 10 0 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 2
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 3 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 10 266 227 39 78 31 31 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Albiston, David WL ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 2 2
2 Arthur, Graham (c) HFFR ? 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 4 1
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 1 1 15 12 3 8 27 3 3
1 Browne, Morton HFFL ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 2
13 Burgess, Greg SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
5 Crimmins, Peter FPR ? 0 2 21 19 2 0 0 3 1
8 Dickson, Des RR↓ ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 4 3 2
17 Ferguson, Neil SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
14 Gardner, John BPR ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 2 1 1
28 Gay, Terry CHF ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 3
12 Growcott, Ross HBFL ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 3
11 Lade, Phil HBFR ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 0
7 Law, Ian RO↓ ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 0 1
16 McLean, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 28 25 3 10 0 1 0
25 Olsson, Rod FPL ? 2 3 19 12 7 1 1 4 2
23 Peck, John (vc) FF ? 1 1 6 4 2 0 4 2 2
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 1
9 Porter, Michael C ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 1 3
2 Tickell, John FB ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 1
10 Wilson, Ray WR ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 4 10 278 232 46 54 38 32 31

G. Burgess replaced I. Law.
N. Ferguson replaced D. Dickson 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

Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 R. Poole 2 J. Tickell 14 J. Gardner













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



12 R. Growcott 16 K. McLean 11 P. Lade













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 D. Albiston 9 M. Porter 10 R. Wilson









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 13 G. Burgess
HALF-FORWARD 8 D. Dickson 17 N. Ferguson
1 M. Browne 28 T. Gay 2 G. Arthur (c) 7 I. Law











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 R. Olsson 23 J. Peck (vc) 5 P. Crimmins













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Peter O'Donohue