1968 VFL Season Round 14: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1968 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Glenferrie Oval. Graham Arthur captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Hawthorn (24.8.152) defeated Footscray (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 13,810

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 24.8.152 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 2 10 . 6 19 . 7 24 . 8 24 . 8 (152)
Footscray 4 . 1 5 . 2 5 . 5 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin HWTH by 7 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 86 HWTH by 82 HWTH by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Angus, Geoff FPR ? 3 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 0
2 Arthur, Graham (c) HFFR ? 0 1 19 12 7 5 0 1 0
4 Beck, Ken BPR ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 14 2 1
15 Blood, Michael SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
20 Bremner, Ian FB ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 1
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 2 2 1
5 Crimmins, Peter RO↓ ? 2 1 26 22 4 1 0 1 2
22 Crowe, Vin SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ferguson, Neil RR↓ ? 3 0 8 8 0 3 4 4 2
6 Fisher, John WR ? 1 1 13 12 1 0 0 0 3
28 Gay, Terry CHF ? 1 0 16 14 2 7 0 1 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 12 2 20 19 1 11 0 0 1
19 Johnson, Ted HBFL ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 3
33 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 0 0 21 11 10 9 0 2 4
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 1 32 29 3 7 0 2 3
37 Morton, Lance FPL ? 1 1 19 17 2 9 0 1 2
25 Olsson, Rod HBFR ? 0 1 17 14 3 1 0 3 0
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 2 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 20 1 4
10 Wilson, Ray C ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 24 8 299 252 47 72 42 25 29

M. Blood replaced N. Ferguson during the fourth quarter.
V. Crowe replaced P. Crimmins during the fourth quarter.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 0 0 4 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 5 0 0 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 0 1
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 0 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 2 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 6 6 0 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 2 3 1
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 8 5 0 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 0 26 19 7 5 0 3 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 2 0 1 3
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 18 4 2
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 2 15 15 0 0 0 3 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 9 0 1 2
50 Wallace, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 2 20 14 6 6 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 10 265 229 36 74 31 29 25

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 15 M. Blood
35 G. Angus 26 P. Hudson 37 L. Morton 17 N. Ferguson 22 V. Crowe
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













2 G. Arthur (c) 28 T. Gay 33 B. Keddie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













6 J. Fisher 10 R. Wilson 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













25 R. Olsson 16 N. Bussell 19 T. Johnson



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













4 K. Beck 20 I. Bremner 27 D. Parkin



BACK



Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton