1968 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1968 between Geelong and Hawthorn during round seventeen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong (10.7.67) defeated Hawthorn (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 10 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,822

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Hawthorn
Score: 10.7.67 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 5 . 3 10 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Hawthorn 3 . 2 5 . 8 6 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin HWTH by 1 HWTH by 5 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 4 1
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 3 1 0 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 1 29 26 3 7 0 3 3
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 2 1
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 5 0 3 1
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 2 13 13 0 3 12 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 6 24 3 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 7 0 1 0
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 2 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 32 31 1 22 0 1 2
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 2 13 13 0 4 0 2 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 5 0 1 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 7 315 280 35 98 39 26 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Angus, Geoff FPR ? 1 0 24 22 2 6 0 0 3
2 Arthur, Graham (c) RR ? 1 0 31 27 4 4 1 0 0
4 Beck, Ken BPR ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 10 1 1
15 Blood, Michael SUB↑ ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 4 0 0
20 Bremner, Ian FB ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 4 1
16 Bussell, Norm CHB↓ ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
3 Chilton, Peter WR ? 0 0 28 22 6 1 0 1 3
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 0 2 29 27 2 2 0 1 1
17 Ferguson, Neil FPL ? 0 2 23 13 10 3 12 4 4
6 Fisher, John SUB↑ ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0
28 Gay, Terry HFFR ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 4 2 11 10 1 2 0 1 0
19 Johnson, Ted HBFL ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 4 2
33 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 1 2 16 14 2 2 0 3 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 32 30 2 1 0 3 1
37 Morton, Lance CHF ? 0 1 11 11 0 6 1 0 3
25 Olsson, Rod HBFR ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 1
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 1 0
23 Scott, Don RU↓ ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 10 2 1
10 Wilson, Ray C ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 9 306 268 38 50 38 32 26

M. Blood replaced N. Bussell during the first quarter.
J. Fisher replaced D. Scott during the fourth quarter.

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

Geelong Coach: Peter Pianto
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin 20 I. Bremner 4 K. Beck













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 10 R. Wilson 3 P. Chilton









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 15 M. Blood
HALF-FORWARD 2 G. Arthur (c) 6 J. Fisher
33 B. Keddie 37 L. Morton 28 T. Gay 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 N. Ferguson 26 P. Hudson 35 G. Angus













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy