1971 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at the 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 (12.10.82) defeated St Kilda (11.9.75).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. St Kilda
Score: 12.10.82 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Vice-Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Goal Umpires

J. Mahoney
L. Robinson

Boundary Umpires

G. Lee
K. Mitchell

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott 4 K. Beck
8 K. Heath 26 P. Hudson 32 L. Matthews 34 B. Stevenson 10 R. Wilson
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (vc)

HALF-BACK













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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













12 R. Day 16 N. Bussell 20 I. Bremner



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













18 L. Hawken 15 K. Moore 27 D. Parkin (c)



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Allan Jeans