1970 VFL Season Round 16: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1970 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at VFL Park. David Parkin captained the hosts. Stuart Magee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Hawthorn (23.9.147) defeated Footscray (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,169

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 23.9.147 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 7 . 0 10 . 4 15 . 6 23 . 9 23 . 9 (147)
Footscray 0 . 4 1 . 6 3 . 11 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin HWTH by 38 HWTH by 52 HWTH by 67 HWTH by 99 HWTH by 99
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Stuart Magee
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff WL ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 3 5
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 6 3
17 Ferguson, Neil RR ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 2
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 4 3 2
8 Heath, Kevin FB ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 3 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 11 2 19 18 1 10 0 2 2
2 Keddie, Bob HFFR ? 4 2 21 19 2 6 0 2 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 3 3 4
32 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 3 1 18 16 2 5 0 1 6
30 Meagher, Des C ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 1 0 1
37 Morton, Lance HBFL ? 0 0 26 23 3 10 0 5 2
21 Murphy, Glenn SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 5 3
9 Porter, Michael HFFL ? 0 2 13 10 3 2 0 0 4
13 Rice, Leon WR↓ ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 4
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 20 13 7 7 15 3 7
22 Smith, Geoff FPL ? 2 0 18 16 2 2 0 2 3
34 Stevenson, Bruce SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wilson, Ray FPR ? 3 0 25 20 5 7 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 9 296 251 45 89 23 41 54

G. Murphy replaced L. Rice during the fourth quarter.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 4 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 6 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 15 16 3 1
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 6 0 0 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 2 3 4 5
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 4 0 6 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 5
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 1 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 3 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 7 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 3 12 10 2 4 0 0 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 3 2 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 4 3
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 2 20 19 1 2 0 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 7 0 7 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 11 3 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 12 281 240 41 81 25 54 41

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






23 D. Scott 21 G. Murphy
10 R. Wilson 26 P. Hudson 22 G. Smith 17 N. Ferguson 34 B. Stevenson
FORWARD 32 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 9 M. Porter



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













13 L. Rice 30 D. Meagher 33 G. Angus FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













16 N. Bussell 24 P. Knights 37 L. Morton



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













18 L. Hawken 8 K. Heath 27 D. Parkin (c)



BACK



Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten