1971 VFL Round 8: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1971 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 8 of the 1971 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Barry Goodingham captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

North Melbourne
B. Goodingham (capt.), G. Bryant, D. Dench, V. Doolan, J. Duthie, R. Elliott, P. Feltham, K. Greig, L. Groenewegen, K. Haywood, A. Hodgetts, S. Kekovich, B. McCarthy, K. Montgomery, D. Pagan, J. Perry, R. Peterson, D. Pretty, R. Smith, R. Taylor

Hawthorn
Back: D. Parkin (capt.), K. Moore, L. Hawken
Half-back: I. Bremner, P. Knights, N. Bussell
Centre: D. Meagher, G. Angus, C. Grummisch
Half-forward: B. Keddie, A. Martello, R. Day
Forward: L. Matthews, P. Hudson, K. Heath
Follower: D. Scott, B. Stevenson, P. Crimmins (vice-capt.)
Sub.: L. Rice, B. Shinners

North Melbourne (7.10.52) were defeated by Hawthorn (22.15.147).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: A. Hodgetts (2), R. Smith (2), V. Doolan, J. Duthie, R. Peterson
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (7), K. Heath (3), A. Martello (3), L. Matthews (2), G. Angus, P. Crimmins, R. Day, C. Grummisch, B. Keddie, L. Rice, B. Stevenson

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 22 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,843

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 7.10.52 - 22.15.147

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Hawthorn 5 . 6 10 . 8 20 . 12 22 . 15 22 . 15 (147)
Margin HWTH by 28 HWTH by 51 HWTH by 114 HWTH by 95 HWTH by 95
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brian Dixon (North Melbourne), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Barry Goodingham (North Melbourne), David Parkin (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 5 3
52 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 3 0 4 4
43 Duthie, John ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 1 5 2 4
20 Elliott, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 2 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 6 1 5 1 0 0 0
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 8 5 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 7 0 2 0
42 Groenewegen, Leo ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 4 5 3
14 Hodgetts, Athol ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 5 0 2 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 3 14 10 4 4 0 1 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 3 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 5 0 2 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 6 0 1 1
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 4 3
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 2 28 22 6 7 0 4 0
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 2 2 16 15 1 5 0 1 2
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 10 305 234 71 70 17 51 33

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff C ? 1 1 25 22 3 4 0 5 1
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 1 2
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR↓ ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 4
5 Crimmins, Peter (vc) RO ? 1 0 24 19 5 4 0 1 1
12 Day, Robert HFFR ? 1 2 17 14 3 1 0 1 1
7 Grummisch, Charlie WR↓ ? 1 0 16 11 5 7 0 2 2
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 4 8 1
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 3 0 18 17 1 5 0 0 1
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 7 3 18 16 2 6 0 3 4
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 1 2 24 14 10 1 0 1 4
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 22 21 1 8 0 0 0
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 3 0 21 19 2 5 4 4 6
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 2 2 25 19 6 10 0 2 3
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 0 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 3
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 21 19 2 12 0 1 1
13 Rice, Leon SUB↑ ? 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 14 1 9
40 Shinners, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 1 2 16 13 3 5 0 0 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 15 357 286 71 87 22 33 51

L. Rice replaced C. Grummisch during the fourth quarter.
B. Shinners replaced N. Bussell during the fourth quarter.

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

North Melbourne Coach: Brian Dixon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 15 K. Moore 18 L. Hawken













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 I. Bremner 24 P. Knights 16 N. Bussell













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 33 G. Angus 7 C. Grummisch









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 13 L. Rice
HALF-FORWARD 34 B. Stevenson 40 B. Shinners
2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 12 R. Day 5 P. Crimmins (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



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













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy