1971 VFL Round 2: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1971 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 2 of the 1971 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Glenferrie Oval. David Parkin captained the hosts with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Hawthorn
Back: D. Parkin (capt.), K. Moore, R. Stubbs
Half-back: G. Chiron, P. Knights, N. Bussell
Centre: D. Meagher, R. Day, G. Smith
Half-forward: B. Keddie, A. Martello, I. Bremner
Forward: L. Matthews, P. Hudson, K. Heath
Follower: D. Scott, C. Grummisch, P. Crimmins (vice-capt.)
Sub.: B. Douge, M. Moncrieff

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, N. Brown, R. Crow, N. Dare, D. Herrod, W. Irwin, B. McKenzie, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, B. Padley, D. Rhodes, A. Ruscuklic, R. Sault, D. Searl, B. Sykes, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg

Hawthorn (14.13.97) defeated Fitzroy (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (4), P. Crimmins (2), K. Heath (2), B. Keddie (2), G. Smith (2), A. Martello, L. Matthews
Fitzroy: W. Irwin (2), J. Murphy (2), A. Ruscuklic (2), N. Brown

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Fitzroy were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 10 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 15,310

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.13.97 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 3 9 . 6 13 . 8 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 10 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin level HWTH by 25 HWTH by 40 HWTH by 44 HWTH by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy)
Captains: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn), unknown (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bremner, Ian HFFR ? 0 1 16 9 7 6 0 0 1
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 1 1 1
36 Chiron, Gene HBFL ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 3
5 Crimmins, Peter (vc) RO↓ ? 2 1 20 18 2 2 0 1 1
12 Day, Robert C ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 4 4
35 Douge, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Grummisch, Charlie RR↓ ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 1 3 0
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 2 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 4 2 14 11 3 6 0 1 1
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 2 6 17 17 0 2 0 2 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 19 16 3 3 16 3 2
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 1 1 21 19 2 1 0 5 3
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 22 18 4 6 0 2 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 0 1 0
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 3 2
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 23 20 3 8 14 5 2
22 Smith, Geoff WR ? 2 0 15 13 2 0 0 4 6
1 Stubbs, Ron BPR ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 7 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 311 258 53 70 39 44 33

B. Douge replaced P. Crimmins during the fourth quarter.
M. Moncrieff replaced C. Grummisch during the fourth quarter.

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 7 0 1 5
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 13 3 7
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 14 1 5
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 3 2
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 2 19 19 0 5 0 3 3
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 4 1 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 0 3 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 21 21 0 7 0 3 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 1 0 0
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 0 0 0 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 2 0 0 1
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 33 26 7 11 0 4 1
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 2 18 14 4 9 0 1 1
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 2 0 1 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 0 2
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 3 2
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 11 306 251 55 82 32 33 44

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 35 B. Douge
8 K. Heath 26 P. Hudson 32 L. Matthews 7 C. Grummisch 6 M. Moncrieff
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (vc)

HALF-BACK













20 I. Bremner 14 A. Martello 2 B. Keddie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













22 G. Smith 12 R. Day 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













16 N. Bussell 24 P. Knights 36 G. Chiron



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













1 R. Stubbs 15 K. Moore 27 D. Parkin (c)



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Graham Donaldson