1970 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1970 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round two of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Peter Crimmins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Hawthorn (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 11 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,575

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 14.12.96 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 7 11 . 8 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Hawthorn 1 . 7 3 . 11 8 . 14 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 32 MELB by 12 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Goal Umpires

T. Rossiter
P. Stokes

Boundary Umpires

R. Gulliver
B. Sutton

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 5 0 1 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 4 0 0 2
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 2 0 0 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 12 5 0 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 9 0 0 2
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 14 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 5 10 1 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 5 2 1
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 0 0 1 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 0 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 8 0 4 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 0 3
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 2
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 6 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 1 15 14 1 3 0 0 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 2 17 16 1 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 259 221 38 72 34 26 35

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff WR ? 0 0 24 24 0 3 0 2 3
4 Beck, Ken RU↓ ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 8 1 1
15 Blood, Michael SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bremner, Ian C ? 0 2 15 13 2 6 0 2 0
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 0 2 21 21 0 1 0 4 2
12 Growcott, Ross HBFR ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 3 4
8 Heath, Kevin FB ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 2
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 4 0 10 10 0 4 0 0 2
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 1 3 16 14 2 4 0 2 1
25 Kennedy, Des RR ? 0 1 10 10 0 3 0 1 1
24 Knights, Peter HFFR ? 2 0 16 16 0 7 1 1 2
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 1 2 16 13 3 2 13 2 1
32 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 0 2 13 11 2 0 0 4 3
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 2 1 15 15 0 1 0 1 3
37 Morton, Lance CHF↓ ? 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2
9 Porter, Michael SUB↑ ? 1 1 8 8 0 2 0 0 2
23 Scott, Don BPR ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 16 4 4
11 Tipping, Lindsay HBFL ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
10 Wilson, Ray BPL ? 0 2 8 6 2 3 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 19 235 217 18 54 38 33 36

M. Porter replaced L. Morton at three-quarter-time.
M. Blood replaced K. Beck 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
10 R. Wilson 8 K. Heath 23 D. Scott













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 20 I. Bremner 33 G. Angus









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 15 M. Blood
HALF-FORWARD 25 D. Kennedy 9 M. Porter
2 B. Keddie 37 L. Morton 24 P. Knights 5 P. Crimmins (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 A. Martello 26 P. Hudson 32 L. Matthews













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy