1972 VFL Round 3: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1972 between Geelong and Hawthorn during round 3 of the 1972 VFL season. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. Peter Crimmins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong
D. Wade (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, D. Barkley, G. Davidson, T. Evans, T. Farman, I. Hampshire, D. Harris, K. Higgins, J. Kline, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, J. Scarlett, P. Stephens, H. Strahan, G. Wells, J. Wright

Hawthorn
Back: B. Douge, K. Moore, L. Hawken
Half-back: K. Heath, P. Knights, I. Bremner
Centre: L. Rice, R. Day, D. Meagher
Half-forward: B. Keddie, A. Martello, J. Hendrie
Forward: R. Stubbs, C. Grummisch, L. Matthews
Follower: D. Scott, B. Stevenson, P. Crimmins (capt.)
Sub.: G. Angus, R. Johnson

Geelong (9.11.65) were defeated by Hawthorn (15.17.107).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Wade (3), D. Barkley (2), I. Hampshire, I. Nankervis, S. Newman, J. Scarlett
Hawthorn: C. Grummisch (5), J. Hendrie (2), B. Keddie (2), P. Crimmins, A. Martello, L. Rice, D. Scott, B. Stevenson, R. Stubbs

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 12th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 15 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 16,431

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.11.65 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 0 4 . 7 5 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Hawthorn 7 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 13 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin HWTH by 41 HWTH by 30 HWTH by 41 HWTH by 42 HWTH by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill McMaster (Geelong), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Doug Wade (Geelong), Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 3 1 5 3
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 7 0 2 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 1 0 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 10 2 0
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 3 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 3 5
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 0 0 5 5
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 3 0 2 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 3 25 22 3 3 0 7 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 7 13 4 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 0 0 8 2
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 7 0 3 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 3 1
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 3 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 2
27 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 11 261 227 34 63 25 58 43

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff SUB↑ ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 3
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 3 2
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 1 2 25 21 4 2 0 3 1
12 Day, Robert C↓ ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 1 0
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 1
7 Grummisch, Charlie FF ? 5 1 15 13 2 4 0 3 2
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 1
8 Heath, Kevin HBFL ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 4 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 2 3 23 17 6 4 1 3 6
19 Johnson, Ross SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 2 4 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 2 13 13 0 3 4 3 5
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 0 1 19 18 1 3 0 4 6
30 Meagher, Des WR ? 0 1 28 26 2 3 0 2 6
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 3 3
13 Rice, Leon WL ? 1 0 21 19 2 6 0 3 2
23 Scott, Don RU ? 1 2 11 9 2 6 16 3 6
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 1 0 17 12 5 10 0 2 3
1 Stubbs, Ron FPL ? 1 0 9 7 2 5 4 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 17 278 239 39 72 25 43 58

G. Angus replaced R. Day during the second 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

Geelong Coach: Bill McMaster
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 15 K. Moore 18 L. Hawken













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



8 K. Heath 24 P. Knights 20 I. Bremner













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 L. Rice 12 R. Day 30 D. Meagher









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 33 G. Angus
HALF-FORWARD 34 B. Stevenson 19 R. Johnson
2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie 5 P. Crimmins (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 R. Stubbs 7 C. Grummisch 3 L. Matthews













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy