1968 VFL Season Round 9: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1968 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. David Parkin captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Hawthorn (21.14.140) defeated Fitzroy (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 11,039

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.14.140 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 3 12 . 6 17 . 10 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Fitzroy 6 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 12 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin FITZ by 7 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 30 HWTH by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Angus, Geoff FPR ? 0 1 17 14 3 5 0 2 1
15 Blood, Michael BPR ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 5 0 1
20 Bremner, Ian FB ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 5
3 Chilton, Peter HFFR ? 2 0 21 17 4 5 0 3 1
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 0
24 Devenish-Meares, Rochford SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ferguson, Neil RR ? 3 1 21 13 8 4 8 3 1
28 Gay, Terry CHF ? 2 0 20 13 7 7 0 3 3
12 Growcott, Ross HBFL ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 4 2
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 10 3 18 17 1 8 0 5 1
19 Johnson, Ted HBFR ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 0 4
33 Keddie, Bob FPL ? 1 5 24 14 10 5 0 3 3
30 Meagher, Des WL↓ ? 1 2 20 18 2 0 0 2 2
21 Murphy, Glenn WR ? 1 1 12 11 1 2 0 1 6
25 Olsson, Rod HFFL ? 1 0 17 14 3 3 0 1 3
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 18 0 2
8 Smith, Jim SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wilson, Ray C↓ ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 14 289 229 60 68 31 31 38

R. Devenish-Meares replaced D. Meagher during the third quarter.
J. Smith replaced R. Wilson during the fourth quarter.

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 3 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 1 23 2 0
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 4 0 3 2
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 4 8 8 0 2 27 1 1
22 Ebbels, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 7 1 15 13 2 7 0 2 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 0 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 4 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 0 3 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 1
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 3 19 15 4 2 0 4 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 1 0 2 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 0 3 2 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 5 4
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 1 1 5
45 Parker, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 8 0 2 1
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 14 260 215 45 48 54 39 31

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






23 D. Scott 24 R. Devenish-Meares
35 G. Angus 26 P. Hudson 33 B. Keddie 17 N. Ferguson 8 J. Smith
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













3 P. Chilton 28 T. Gay 25 R. Olsson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













21 G. Murphy 10 R. Wilson 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













19 T. Johnson 16 N. Bussell 12 R. Growcott



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













15 M. Blood 20 I. Bremner 27 D. Parkin (c)



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen