1968 VFL Season Round 20: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1968 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round twenty of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Graham Arthur captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Fitzroy (17.14.116) were defeated by Hawthorn (18.18.126).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 31 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 10,968

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Hawthorn
Score: 17.14.116 - 18.18.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 2 7 . 8 10 . 10 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Hawthorn 4 . 8 8 . 12 16 . 16 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Margin HWTH by 6 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 42 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 4 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 20 2 2
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 1
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 2 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 3 2 2
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 2 0 2 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 6 9 0 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 2 0 7 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 8 3 0 3
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 2 22 20 2 2 0 1 0
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 0 2 0 2
45 Parker, Ross ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 4 1 0 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 4 2
14 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 3 0 6 0
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 0 4 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 9 1 11 10 1 8 0 1 3
24 Walford, Bill ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 1
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 14 244 209 35 67 38 39 23

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Arthur, Graham (c) RR ? 0 1 24 14 10 1 0 2 3
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 21 0 3
15 Blood, Michael BPR ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 11 2 0
20 Bremner, Ian HFFL ? 0 1 20 20 0 7 0 2 2
3 Chilton, Peter FPR ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 2 3 24 24 0 2 0 1 1
17 Ferguson, Neil FPL ? 3 1 10 8 2 4 14 2 6
6 Fisher, John SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
31 Francis, Michael SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Gay, Terry FB ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 3
12 Growcott, Ross HBFL ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 3
34 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 2
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 8 6 20 19 1 10 0 1 0
33 Keddie, Bob CHF ? 2 1 21 19 2 7 1 3 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 0 23 21 2 3 1 4 2
37 Morton, Lance HFFR ? 2 2 17 16 1 6 0 2 2
21 Murphy, Glenn WR↓ ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 1
25 Olsson, Rod HBFR ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 0 0
27 Parkin, David BPL ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 2 2
10 Wilson, Ray C ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 18 283 249 34 67 48 23 39

J. Fisher replaced G. Murphy 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

Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin 28 T. Gay 15 M. Blood













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



12 R. Growcott 34 K. Heath 25 R. Olsson













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 10 R. Wilson 21 G. Murphy









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 6 J. Fisher
HALF-FORWARD 2 G. Arthur (c) 31 M. Francis
20 I. Bremner 33 B. Keddie 37 L. Morton 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 N. Ferguson 26 P. Hudson 3 P. Chilton













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy