1972 VFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1972 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. David Parkin captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Hawthorn (15.14.104) defeated Melbourne (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 21,513

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 15.14.104 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 3 9 . 4 10 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 7 5 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin HWTH by 18 HWTH by 27 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 ? 1 4
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 ? 2 2
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 0 2 17 15 2 0 ? 1 3
12 Day, Robert C ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 ? 3 3
11 Douge, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 ? 1 1
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 ? 4 1
8 Heath, Kevin FPR ? 0 1 20 15 5 5 ? 3 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 1 1 14 11 3 8 ? 1 4
26 Hudson, Peter FF↓ ? 8 1 13 12 1 9 ? 0 1
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 2 2 15 14 1 3 ? 1 5
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 ? 1 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 9 8 1 3 ? 2 7
3 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 2 1 19 17 2 6 ? 3 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 3 18 18 0 0 ? 3 6
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 ? 1 1
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 4 1
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 1 0 22 18 4 5 ? 0 2
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 ? 3 4
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 ? 0 2
1 Stubbs, Ron SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 275 234 41 70 0+ 34 52

B. Douge replaced P. Hudson during the second quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 1 ? 4 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 ? 3 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 ? 2 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 4 ? 1 3
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 2 ? 2 4
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 3 ? 0 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 ? 4 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 4 ? 3 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 8 ? 5 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 3 ? 3 3
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 ? 2 2
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 ? 4 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 2 ? 4 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 1 3
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 4 ? 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 ? 6 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 2 ? 1 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 1 16 16 0 2 ? 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 15 244 216 28 49 0+ 52 34

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 11 B. Douge
8 K. Heath 26 P. Hudson 3 L. Matthews 34 B. Stevenson 1 R. Stubbs
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 2 B. Keddie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













13 L. Rice 12 R. Day 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













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



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley