1971 VFL Round 11: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1971 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 11 of the 1971 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, L. Burgmann, P. Callery, D. Clark, J. Gallus, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, R. McKenzie, G. Molloy, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, P. Sinclair, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells

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.: K. Beck, G. Smith

Melbourne (10.14.74) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.10.94).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: P. Callery (2), J. Gallus (2), S. Alves, B. Bourke, L. Burgmann, G. Molloy, G. Parke, G. Wells
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (5), P. Crimmins (2), K. Heath (2), B. Stevenson (2), A. Martello, L. Matthews, D. Meagher

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Hawthorn remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Monday 14 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,256

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.14.74 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 3 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Hawthorn 7 . 1 8 . 4 11 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin HWTH by 32 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 30 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ian Ridley (Melbourne), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Frank Davis (Melbourne), David Parkin (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 3 0 3 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 4 0 2 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 2 0 4 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 27 24 3 2 0 5 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 5 2
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 5 4 3 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 4 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 9 3 1
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 0 2 5
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 7 0 3 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 3 0 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 2
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 2 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 1 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 4 0 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 14 258 226 32 62 14 46 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff C↓ ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 7
4 Beck, Ken SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 0 4 3
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 3
5 Crimmins, Peter (vc) RO ? 2 1 21 20 1 3 0 2 1
12 Day, Robert HFFR ? 0 1 18 17 1 7 1 3 3
7 Grummisch, Charlie WR ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 0 2
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 3 1 0
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 2 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 5 3 15 13 2 5 0 1 1
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 1 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 2 16 13 3 4 4 4 3
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 1 1 17 16 1 3 0 3 5
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 0 21 21 0 5 1 0 5
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 2
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 31 5 6
22 Smith, Geoff SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 0
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 2 0 19 14 5 7 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 10 271 237 34 78 40 32 46

G. Smith replaced G. Angus 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

Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
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 4 K. Beck
HALF-FORWARD 34 B. Stevenson 22 G. Smith
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