1971 VFL Semi Final 2: Hawthorn v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 1971 between Hawthorn and St Kilda in the second semi final of the 1971 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at MCG. David Parkin captained the hosts with Peter Crimmins as vice-captain. Ross Smith captained the visitors with Bob Murray as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

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

St Kilda
R. Smith (capt.), B. Murray (vice-capt.), N. Besanko, J. Bonney, B. Breen, G. Colling, C. Ditterich, G. Elliott, R. Galt, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, J. McIntosh, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, T. Payze, S. Rae, S. Theodore, S. Trott

Hawthorn (12.18.90) defeated St Kilda (12.16.88).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (7), A. Martello (3), B. Keddie, B. Stevenson
St Kilda: B. Breen (4), B. Lawrence (2), T. Payze (2), J. Bonney, C. Ditterich, R. Galt, K. Neale

As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced St Kilda in the grand final and St Kilda faced Richmond in the preliminary final.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Hawthorn v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 11 September 1971
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 99,822

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. St Kilda
Score: 12.18.90 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 7 8 . 12 11 . 16 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
St Kilda 1 . 4 4 . 5 7 . 7 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin HWTH by 9 HWTH by 31 HWTH by 33 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Ross Smith (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn), Bob Murray (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bremner, Ian C ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 4
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 2 4
5 Crimmins, Peter (vc) RO ? 0 2 27 20 7 4 0 2 4
12 Day, Robert HBFL↓ ? 0 0 17 17 0 2 0 2 2
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 1 3 2
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 1 6
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 7 3 17 15 2 8 0 2 2
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 1 5 15 14 1 5 0 0 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB↓ ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 3 2 17 13 4 2 1 0 2
32 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 5 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 1 2
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 3 1
9 Porter, Michael HFFR ? 0 2 12 9 3 4 1 2 2
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 3
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 24 2 2
40 Shinners, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 1
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 1 0 23 19 4 6 1 2 3
10 Wilson, Ray SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 18 297 250 47 63 28 30 48

B. Shinners replaced P. Knights during the second quarter.
R. Wilson replaced R. Day during the fourth quarter.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 6 3
1 Bonney, John ? ? 1 1 16 16 0 4 0 1 2
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 4 1 19 13 6 3 0 4 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 5 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 5 5 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 1 1
31 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 4 8 1 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 4 0 2 1
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 2 3 17 14 3 7 0 2 2
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 1 1 0
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 3 3
6 Murray, Bob (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 19 4 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 2 0 2 0
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 2 1 18 18 0 5 0 2 1
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 0 0 3 0
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 2 0 2 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 2 18 18 0 3 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 16 286 246 40 63 33 48 30

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 40 B. Shinners
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 2 B. Keddie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













13 L. Rice 20 I. Bremner 30 D. Meagher 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



St Kilda Coach: Allan Jeans