1971 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1971 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round six of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (18.5.113) defeated Hawthorn (16.11.107).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 8 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,205

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Hawthorn
Score: 18.5.113 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 8 . 1 9 . 4 13 . 4 18 . 5 18 . 5 (113)
Hawthorn 5 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 9 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin FOOT by 15 HWTH by 4 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Hawthorn

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 0 17 16 1 3 0 2 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 3 0 3 4
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 3 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 12 14 4 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 3 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 5 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 5 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 1 16 16 0 7 0 2 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 2 3 0
45 Rohde, Bruce ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 4 4 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 1 1
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 1 0 2 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 43 35 8 8 0 5 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 2 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 5 290 249 41 73 22 48 29

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff WR ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 1 4
20 Bremner, Ian FB ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 0
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
36 Chiron, Gene SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter (vc) RO ? 1 0 26 26 0 2 0 3 1
12 Day, Robert C ? 0 0 16 14 2 0 0 1 4
7 Grummisch, Charlie RR ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 0 3
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 4 3 6
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 2 3
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 3 4 18 14 4 7 0 2 0
19 Johnson, Ross HBFL ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 2 2
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 4
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 2 0 17 15 2 10 0 0 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 0 20 17 3 2 4 1 8
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 3 3 25 22 3 4 0 1 3
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 0 21 19 2 2 0 4 4
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 2 2
9 Porter, Michael HFFR ? 3 1 11 11 0 3 0 1 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 12 3 2
1 Stubbs, Ron SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 11 295 256 39 65 20 29 48

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

Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 20 I. Bremner 18 L. Hawken













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



19 R. Johnson 24 P. Knights 16 N. Bussell













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 12 R. Day 33 G. Angus









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 36 G. Chiron
HALF-FORWARD 7 C. Grummisch 1 R. Stubbs
2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 9 M. Porter 5 P. Crimmins (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



32 L. Matthews 26 P. Hudson 8 K. Heath













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy