1968 VFL Season Round 18: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1968 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. David Parkin captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Hawthorn (14.13.97) defeated Melbourne (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 14,359

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 14.13.97 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 4 9 . 9 12 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Melbourne 3 . 4 3 . 6 7 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin HWTH by 12 HWTH by 39 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 38 HWTH by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Angus, Geoff FPR ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 2
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 0 21 14 7 11 17 2 2
15 Blood, Michael BPR↓ ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 8 1 1
20 Bremner, Ian FB ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 2
3 Chilton, Peter WR ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 4
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 0 2 25 22 3 2 1 1 0
17 Ferguson, Neil FPL ? 3 1 10 6 4 0 10 2 3
6 Fisher, John RR ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 1 1
28 Gay, Terry CHF ? 0 2 15 13 2 2 1 0 3
12 Growcott, Ross CHB ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 1 0 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 6 4 15 14 1 4 0 3 1
19 Johnson, Ted HBFL↓ ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
33 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 3 2 21 17 4 6 0 3 1
7 Law, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 1 0
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 2 23 23 0 3 1 1 5
37 Morton, Lance HFFR ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 1 1 1
25 Olsson, Rod HBFR ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 0 1
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 3 2
23 Scott, Don SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1
10 Wilson, Ray C ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 292 247 45 51 44 22 32

I. Law replaced T. Johnson during the second quarter.
D. Scott replaced M. Blood during the fourth quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 4 0 2 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 1 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 2 0 4 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 2
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 13 2 4
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 3 0 15 12 3 4 1 2 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 2 3
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 14 0 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 0 1 0 0
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 4 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 2 1 4 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 11 0 3 0
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 1 1 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 4 13 12 1 1 0 1 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 6 1 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 4 5 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 11 280 233 47 61 42 32 22

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






4 K. Beck 7 I. Law
35 G. Angus 26 P. Hudson 17 N. Ferguson 6 J. Fisher 23 D. Scott
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













37 L. Morton 28 T. Gay 33 B. Keddie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













25 R. Olsson 12 R. Growcott 19 T. Johnson



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













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



BACK



Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith