1971 VFL Season Round 17: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1971 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Glenferrie Oval. In the absence of David Parkin, vice-captain Peter Crimmins captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Hawthorn (23.16.154) defeated Footscray (4.15.39).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 21,979

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 23.16.154 - 4.15.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 4 8 . 11 13 . 14 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Footscray 1 . 3 1 . 5 3 . 14 4 . 15 4 . 15 (39)
Margin HWTH by 13 HWTH by 48 HWTH by 60 HWTH by 115 HWTH by 115
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins (acting)
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 1
3 Chilton, Peter SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter (ac) RO ? 1 2 25 19 6 2 0 2 3
12 Day, Robert HFFR ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 4 7
35 Douge, Brian SUB↑ ? 2 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 0
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 3 0 3
8 Heath, Kevin HBFL ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 3
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 9 5 21 21 0 14 0 1 2
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 2 0 21 18 3 5 0 5 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 1 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 6 4 3
32 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 2 1 28 22 6 5 0 2 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 2 3 19 19 0 7 0 5 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 0 0
9 Porter, Michael C ? 3 0 17 15 2 5 0 5 3
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 0 24 23 1 3 0 3 2
23 Scott, Don RU↓ ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 15 3 2
40 Shinners, Brian BPL ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 2 2 17 16 1 6 1 1 1
10 Wilson, Ray WL ? 0 1 20 15 5 6 0 1 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 16 333 282 51 96 25 39 47

B. Douge replaced D. Scott during the fourth quarter.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 1 0 4 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 0 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 1
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 6 13 1 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 3 0 4 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 3 2
45 Parker, Max ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 1 0 3 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 1
17 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 4
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 1 2 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 0 0 4 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 2 2 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 7 0 4 1
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 4 5
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 1 0 4 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 5 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 3 3 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 4 15 221 187 34 50 19 47 39

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 3 P. Chilton
32 L. Matthews 26 P. Hudson 6 M. Moncrieff 34 B. Stevenson 35 B. Douge
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (ac)

HALF-BACK













12 R. Day 14 A. Martello 2 B. Keddie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













13 L. Rice 9 M. Porter 10 R. Wilson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













16 N. Bussell 24 P. Knights 8 K. Heath



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













18 L. Hawken 15 K. Moore 40 B. Shinners



BACK



Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten