1972 VFL Season Round 5: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1972 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round five of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Glenferrie Oval. David Parkin captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Hawthorn (14.20.104) defeated Footscray (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 15,440

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 14.20.104 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 4 9 . 12 10 . 18 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Footscray 1 . 4 3 . 6 6 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin HWTH by 12 HWTH by 42 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 4
16 Bussell, Norm HBFL ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 0 2
36 Chiron, Gene SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 1 3 27 26 1 4 0 3 0
12 Day, Robert C ? 0 0 25 24 1 1 0 5 2
7 Grummisch, Charlie FF ? 1 2 19 18 1 8 1 2 4
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 1 2 1
8 Heath, Kevin RR ? 3 3 19 16 3 6 0 2 3
19 Johnson, Ross FPL↓ ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 5 2 17 17 0 11 0 0 4
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 3 16 14 2 8 8 1 3
28 Matthews, Kelvin HFFR ? 0 3 15 15 0 6 0 1 2
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 2 1 16 15 1 6 0 0 3
30 Meagher, Des WR ? 1 1 20 19 1 2 0 3 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 2
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 0 4 3
9 Porter, Michael HFFL ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 0
13 Rice, Leon WL ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 3 6
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 21 4 3
22 Smith, Geoff SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 20 297 276 21 88 31 35 48

G. Smith replaced R. Johnson during the fourth quarter.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 4 1 3
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 1 0 5 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 31 30 1 10 0 6 2
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 5 0 3 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 9 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 13 19 1 4
28 Godridge, Bill ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 3 14 14 0 4 0 3 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 2 0 0 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 6 2 2 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 2 1
15 Stamp, Ray ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 1
42 Thomas, Ralph ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 11 0 6 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 10 272 255 17 71 25 48 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 36 G. Chiron
3 L. Matthews 7 C. Grummisch 19 R. Johnson 8 K. Heath 22 G. Smith
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













28 K. Matthews 14 A. Martello 9 M. Porter



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













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



BACK



Footscray Coach: Bob Rose