1971 VFL Grand Final: Hawthorn v St Kilda
This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1971 between Hawthorn and St Kilda in the grand final of the 1971 VFL season.
Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at MCG.
David Parkin captained the hosts with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain.
Ross Smith captained the visitors with Bob Murray as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.
Hawthorn
Back:
D. Parkin (capt.), K. Moore, L. Hawken
Half-back:
I. Bremner, N. Bussell, R. Day
Centre:
D. Meagher, G. Angus, L. Rice
Half-forward:
B. Keddie, A. Martello, M. Porter
Forward:
L. Matthews, P. Hudson, K. Heath
Follower:
D. Scott, B. Stevenson, P. Crimmins (vice-capt.)
Sub.:
K. Beck, R. Wilson
St Kilda
R. Smith (capt.), B. Murray (vice-capt.), N. Besanko, J. Bonney, B. Breen, G. Colling, A. Davis, C. Ditterich, G. Elliott, R. Galt, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, S. Rae, S. Theodore, S. Trott
Hawthorn (12.10.82) defeated St Kilda (11.9.75).
Goalkickers
Hawthorn: B. Keddie (4), P. Hudson (3), P. Crimmins (2), L. Matthews, L. Rice, D. Scott
St Kilda: J. Bonney (3), B. Breen (3), A. Davis, J. Manzie, R. Smith, S. Theodore, S. Trott
As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and St Kilda were the runners-up.
Match Details
Season:
1971 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
St Kilda
Date:
Saturday 25 September 1971
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
118,192
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 10 | 12 | . | 10 | (82) |
| St Kilda | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 6 | 8 | . | 9 | 11 | . | 9 | 11 | . | 9 | (75) |
| Margin | HWTH by 1 | STKL by 2 | STKL by 20 | HWTH by 7 | HWTH by 7 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
John Kennedy
(Hawthorn),
Allan Jeans
(St Kilda)
Captains:
David Parkin
(Hawthorn),
Ross Smith
(St Kilda)
Vice-Captains:
Peter Crimmins
(Hawthorn),
Bob Murray
(St Kilda)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
P. Sheales
Goal Umpire:
J. Mahoney,
L. Robinson
Boundary Umpire:
G. Lee,
K. Mitchell
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 33 | Angus, Geoff | C | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Beck, Ken | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | Bremner, Ian | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Bussell, Norm | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Crimmins, Peter (vc) | RO | ? | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Day, Robert | HBFR↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Hawken, Les | BPR↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Heath, Kevin | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hudson, Peter | FF | ? | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Keddie, Bob | HFFL | ? | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | CHF | ? | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 32 | Matthews, Leigh | FPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 30 | Meagher, Des | WL | ? | 0 | 1 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 27 | Parkin, David (c) | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | Porter, Michael | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Rice, Leon | WR | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Scott, Don | RU | ? | 1 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 6 |
| 34 | Stevenson, Bruce | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Wilson, Ray | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 10 | 273 | 245 | 28 | 56 | 29 | 45 | 52 | |||
K. Beck replaced L. Hawken during the first quarter.
R. Wilson replaced R. Day during the third quarter.
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 29 | Besanko, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Bonney, John | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Breen, Barry | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Colling, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Ditterich, Carl | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Elliott, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Galt, Rod | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Judson, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Lawrence, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | Manzie, John | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Moran, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Murray, Bob (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Mynott, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| 18 | Neale, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Payze, Travis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Rae, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Smith, Ross (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Theodore, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Trott, Stuart | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 11 | 9 | 276 | 226 | 50 | 39 | 31 | 52 | 45 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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