1970 VFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1970 between Hawthorn and Geelong during round one of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Geelong at Glenferrie Oval. Peter Crimmins captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Hawthorn (19.12.126) were defeated by Geelong (21.9.135).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 20,509

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Geelong
Score: 19.12.126 - 21.9.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 2 8 . 7 12 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Geelong 4 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 8 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Margin HWTH by 4 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff SUB↑ ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
4 Beck, Ken RU↓ ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 8 2 1
15 Blood, Michael BPR ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 1 0 1
20 Bremner, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2
3 Chilton, Peter WR ? 1 0 15 13 2 0 0 3 3
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 2 1 28 25 3 2 0 1 1
12 Growcott, Ross HBFR ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0
8 Heath, Kevin FB ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 3 2
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 8 3 18 16 2 10 0 2 1
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 2 3 26 22 4 7 0 3 2
25 Kennedy, Des HFFR ? 1 2 13 13 0 3 0 2 2
24 Knights, Peter C ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 2 2 2
14 Martello, Alan FPR ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 8 2 1
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL↓ ? 2 1 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 24 20 4 1 0 2 1
37 Morton, Lance CHF ? 0 0 13 10 3 9 1 2 2
23 Scott, Don RR ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 13 2 4
11 Tipping, Lindsay HBFL ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 3 2
10 Wilson, Ray BPL ? 1 0 17 14 3 4 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 12 273 241 32 81 34 32 32

G. Angus replaced L. Matthews during the third quarter.
I. Bremner replaced K. Beck during the fourth quarter.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 3
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 3 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 23 0 6 0 1 1
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 2 1 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 0 0 3 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 8 11 0 1
32 Harris, David ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 2 0 2 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 22 19 3 2 0 3 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 1 17 12 5 8 1 1 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 8 13 4 3
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 0 1
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 1 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 0 0 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 7 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 6 1 11 8 3 6 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 9 291 244 47 69 27 32 32

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 33 G. Angus
14 A. Martello 26 P. Hudson 32 L. Matthews 23 D. Scott 20 I. Bremner
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (c)

HALF-BACK













25 D. Kennedy 37 L. Morton 2 B. Keddie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













3 P. Chilton 24 P. Knights 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













12 R. Growcott 16 N. Bussell 11 L. Tipping



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













15 M. Blood 8 K. Heath 10 R. Wilson



BACK



Geelong Coach: Peter Pianto