1968 VFL Round 9: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1968 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 9 of the 1968 VFL season. 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
Back: D. Parkin (capt.), I. Bremner, M. Blood
Half-back: R. Growcott, N. Bussell, T. Johnson
Centre: D. Meagher, R. Wilson, G. Murphy
Half-forward: R. Olsson, T. Gay, P. Chilton
Forward: B. Keddie, P. Hudson, G. Angus
Follower: D. Scott, N. Ferguson, P. Crimmins
Sub.: R. Devenish-Meares, J. Smith

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), J. Benison, N. Brown, R. Cobain, M. Cole, R. Crow, G. Ebbels, D. Hellings, D. Herrod, C. Hobbs, G. Lazarus, I. McCrae, T. McGregor, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, P. O'Brien, R. Parker, A. Ruscuklic, H. Worrall, N. Zunneberg

Hawthorn (21.14.140) defeated Fitzroy (16.14.110).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (10), N. Ferguson (3), P. Chilton (2), T. Gay (2), B. Keddie, D. Meagher, G. Murphy, R. Olsson
Fitzroy: D. Hellings (7), J. Murphy (3), R. Cobain (2), R. Crow, C. Hobbs, A. Ruscuklic, H. Worrall

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 8th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Fitzroy were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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