1968 VFL Season Round 2: Hawthorn v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1968 between Hawthorn and South Melbourne during round two of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 Allan Miller.

Hawthorn (17.24.126) drew with South Melbourne (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Hawthorn v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 13,847

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn drew with South Melbourne
Score: 17.24.126 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 3 9 . 9 15 . 20 17 . 24 17 . 24 (126)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 8 . 8 11 . 10 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin HWTH by 6 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 34 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Coach: John Kennedy

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Goal Umpires

L. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Arthur, Graham (c) HFFR ? 1 2 25 17 8 1 0 6 2
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 11 1 1
15 Blood, Michael BPR ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 15 0 0
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 4
3 Chilton, Peter SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 1 4 23 23 0 2 0 2 2
22 Crowe, Vin SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Devenish-Meares, Rochford HBFL ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 2
6 Fisher, John FPR ? 2 1 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
14 Gardner, John FPL ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 7 0 1
28 Gay, Terry CHF ? 1 3 16 12 4 5 0 4 3
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 8 9 23 23 0 9 0 3 0
13 Jenkins, Dennis HBFR ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 3
19 Johnson, Ted FB ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 0
33 Keddie, Bob C ? 1 2 22 18 4 7 0 0 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 1 23 21 2 3 0 1 1
25 Olsson, Rod HFFL ? 2 0 9 7 2 1 1 1 1
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 2
23 Scott, Don RR ? 1 1 20 19 1 2 27 4 0
11 Tolson, Paul WR ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 24 265 232 33 50 61 26 30

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 2 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 4 2 16 14 2 1 0 2 0
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 2 2 0 0
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 3 1
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 4
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 2 1 1
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 1 14 1 1
7 John, Graeme ? ? 2 3 15 14 1 5 0 3 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 3 8 2 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 2 0
26 McGee, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 1 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 3
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 6 0 1 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 5 1 25 22 3 2 0 5 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 9 16 2 3
44 Viney, Ron ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 1
27 Wilcox, Dick ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 12 243 225 18 43 42 30 26

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






4 K. Beck 3 P. Chilton
6 J. Fisher 26 P. Hudson 14 J. Gardner 23 D. Scott 22 V. Crowe
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













2 G. Arthur (c) 28 T. Gay 25 R. Olsson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













11 P. Tolson 33 B. Keddie 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













13 D. Jenkins 16 N. Bussell 24 R. Devenish-Meares



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













15 M. Blood 19 T. Johnson 27 D. Parkin



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: Allan Miller