1969 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1969 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round sixteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Tassie Johnson captained the hosts. Rod Olsson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (13.17.95) were defeated by Hawthorn (21.5.131).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 July 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,527

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 13.17.95 - 21.5.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 12 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Hawthorn 6 . 2 10 . 4 17 . 4 21 . 5 21 . 5 (131)
Margin HWTH by 12 HWTH by 15 HWTH by 40 HWTH by 36 HWTH by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Hawthorn

Captain: Rod Olsson
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 8 0 3 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 2 19 14 5 5 0 1 4
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 5 0 3 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 5 2 13 12 1 8 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 0 3 3
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 6 1
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 9 4 1
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 11 3 2
9 Lakes, George ? ? 1 2 32 24 8 7 0 2 1
50 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 5 17 13 4 12 1 1 0
38 Rhoden, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 2 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 4 1
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 0 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 1 0 3 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 25 23 2 3 0 1 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 10 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 17 323 261 62 79 31 42 23

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 0 12 9 3 6 20 0 4
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 0 0
36 Chiron, Gene HFFR ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 8
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 4 2 28 27 1 2 0 0 1
35 Douge, Brian FPL↓ ? 1 0 16 7 9 2 0 3 2
17 Ferguson, Neil FPR ? 2 1 13 7 6 1 6 1 4
6 Fisher, John BPL ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 0
28 Gay, Terry FB ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 0
8 Heath, Kevin HBFR ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 9 0 12 11 1 6 0 0 0
19 Johnson, Ted HBFL ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 2 4
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 1 0 23 18 5 12 0 0 1
24 Knights, Peter SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Matthews, Leigh SUB↑ ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 1 27 22 5 8 0 2 4
37 Morton, Lance CHF ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 2 0 1
21 Murphy, Glenn C ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 0
25 Olsson, Rod (c) RR ? 2 0 25 17 8 6 1 2 1
23 Scott, Don BPR ? 0 0 13 13 0 9 11 2 8
10 Wilson, Ray WR ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 1 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 5 287 235 52 88 41 24 42

L. Matthews replaced B. Douge 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

Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
6 J. Fisher 28 T. Gay 23 D. Scott













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



19 T. Johnson 16 N. Bussell 8 K. Heath













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 24 P. Knights
HALF-FORWARD 25 R. Olsson (c) 32 L. Matthews
2 B. Keddie 37 L. Morton 36 G. Chiron 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



35 B. Douge 26 P. Hudson 17 N. Ferguson













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy