1971 VFL Round 22: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1971 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round 22 of the 1971 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. David Parkin captained the hosts with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Hawthorn
Back: D. Parkin (capt.), K. Moore, L. Hawken
Half-back: R. Day, P. Knights, N. Bussell
Centre: G. Smith, B. Douge, L. Rice
Half-forward: G. Angus, A. Martello, M. Porter
Forward: L. Matthews, P. Hudson, K. Heath
Follower: D. Scott, B. Stevenson, P. Crimmins (vice-capt.)
Sub.: K. Beck, R. Wilson

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, B. Bourke, B. Brown, P. Callery, D. Clark, R. Dillon, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, S. Kerley, G. Lakes, N. Leary, G. Molloy, G. Osborne, T. Sullivan, J. Tilbrook, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells, P. Williamson

Hawthorn (18.16.124) defeated Melbourne (8.17.65).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (10), G. Angus (3), L. Matthews (2), M. Porter (2), L. Rice
Melbourne: J. Townsend (3), D. Clark (2), P. Callery, G. Molloy, J. Tilbrook

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 1st on the ladder and Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 14,876

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 18.16.124 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 4 9 . 11 14 . 12 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 13 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin level HWTH by 35 HWTH by 41 HWTH by 59 HWTH by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff HFFL ? 3 0 22 20 2 3 0 1 6
4 Beck, Ken SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 5 1 1
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR↓ ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 1
5 Crimmins, Peter (vc) RO ? 0 1 19 16 3 2 0 2 3
12 Day, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 3 1
35 Douge, Brian C ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 1 2
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 10 1 2
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 0 0 23 14 9 7 0 2 0
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 10 7 23 20 3 13 0 1 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 3 27 24 3 8 7 5 1
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 2 1 19 17 2 1 0 1 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 0
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 2
9 Porter, Michael HFFR ? 2 1 13 13 0 5 0 0 1
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 1 0 25 20 5 2 1 4 2
23 Scott, Don RU↓ ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 14 1 3
22 Smith, Geoff WL ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 1 2
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 2 2
10 Wilson, Ray SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 16 326 263 63 79 37 35 34

K. Beck replaced D. Scott during the third quarter.
R. Wilson replaced N. Bussell during the fourth quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 6 0 2 2
37 Brown, Bruce ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 0 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 3 25 20 5 5 0 2 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 2 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 5 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 10 0 5 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 21 2 0
47 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 4 5 5 0 4 0 0 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 6 7 1 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 1 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 3 5
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 2 22 15 7 2 0 3 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 1 4 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 4 0 3 2
54 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 6 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 17 251 214 37 61 36 34 35

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 4 K. Beck
8 K. Heath 26 P. Hudson 32 L. Matthews 34 B. Stevenson 10 R. Wilson
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (vc)

HALF-BACK













9 M. Porter 14 A. Martello 33 G. Angus



HALF-FORWARD



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13 L. Rice 35 B. Douge 22 G. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













16 N. Bussell 24 P. Knights 12 R. Day



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













18 L. Hawken 15 K. Moore 27 D. Parkin (c)



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley