1968 VFL Season Round 12: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1968 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round twelve of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Glenferrie Oval. Graham Arthur captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Hawthorn (11.17.83) were defeated by Essendon (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 13,909

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 6 6 . 11 9 . 16 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 1 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin HWTH by 28 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 9 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Coach: John Kennedy

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Don McKenzie
Coach: Jack Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Angus, Geoff FPL ? 0 1 28 26 2 3 0 3 1
2 Arthur, Graham (c) RR ? 1 1 22 17 5 2 0 2 0
4 Beck, Ken FPR↓ ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 9 1 1
15 Blood, Michael BPR ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 4 0 1
20 Bremner, Ian FB ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 1 2
3 Chilton, Peter WL↓ ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 1 1 19 17 2 3 0 0 1
17 Ferguson, Neil CHF ? 0 1 6 2 4 3 0 0 1
14 Gardner, John SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
28 Gay, Terry FF ? 2 2 13 10 3 6 0 1 2
19 Johnson, Ted HBFL ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 2
33 Keddie, Bob HFFR ? 4 4 15 12 3 7 0 0 0
30 Meagher, Des WR ? 1 2 30 26 4 5 0 2 1
25 Olsson, Rod HFFL ? 0 1 21 17 4 1 0 0 1
32 Pleitner, Bryan HBFR ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 0
29 Poole, Reg BPL ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 1 1 3
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 23 1 2
11 Tolson, Paul SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
10 Wilson, Ray C ? 2 2 25 21 4 5 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 17 293 244 49 61 38 16 19

P. Tolson replaced P. Chilton during the third quarter.
J. Gardner replaced K. Beck during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 2 0 2 3
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 2 0 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 0
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 7 4 1 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 0 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 4 1 24 18 6 2 0 3 3
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 4 3 8 8 0 4 0 1 0
42 Lake, Eddie ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 7 0 2 1
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 24 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 0 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 2 2 1
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 0 1
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 3 2 12 12 0 5 12 3 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 10 267 234 33 60 43 19 16

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 14 J. Gardner
4 K. Beck 28 T. Gay 35 G. Angus 2 G. Arthur (c) 11 P. Tolson
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













33 B. Keddie 17 N. Ferguson 25 R. Olsson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













30 D. Meagher 10 R. Wilson 3 P. Chilton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













32 B. Pleitner 16 N. Bussell 19 T. Johnson



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













15 M. Blood 20 I. Bremner 29 R. Poole



BACK



Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke