1972 VFL Round 7: Hawthorn v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1972 between Hawthorn and South Melbourne during round 7 of the 1972 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted South Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. David Parkin captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

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

South Melbourne
J. Rantall (capt.), R. Ball, K. Baskin, P. Bedford, B. Bell, P. Brown, R. Cook, R. Gleeson, R. Grima, J. Haines, S. Hoffman, S. McKew, D. McLeish, E. Moore, S. Officer, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, W. Walsh, J. Wilkinson

Hawthorn (13.14.92) defeated South Melbourne (9.20.74).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Knights (5), P. Crimmins (3), K. Heath (2), K. Matthews (2), L. Matthews
South Melbourne: E. Moore (3), P. Bedford (2), J. Pitura (2), S. Hoffman, S. McKew

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Hawthorn v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 13,727

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. South Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 9.20.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 5 11 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 9 7 . 13 9 . 20 9 . 20 (74)
Margin HWTH by 25 HWTH by 46 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 18 HWTH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: David Parkin (Hawthorn), John Rantall (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 4 1
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 3
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 3 4 21 21 0 3 0 1 1
12 Day, Robert C ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 3
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 21 19 2 8 3 3 2
8 Heath, Kevin FPL ? 2 0 27 23 4 8 1 2 2
25 Hendrie, John SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
19 Johnson, Ross HBFR ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 1 1 1
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 0 2 18 15 3 3 0 1 2
24 Knights, Peter FF ? 5 1 17 16 1 10 0 1 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 1 9 9 0 1 12 1 6
28 Matthews, Kelvin HFFR↓ ? 2 1 8 8 0 3 1 1 0
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 1 0 22 17 5 3 0 0 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 1 23 20 3 0 0 1 5
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 2
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 2
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 5
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 12 6 6 4 26 4 3
29 Shinners, Brian SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wilson, Ray RR ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 14 286 250 36 65 44 27 43

J. Hendrie replaced K. Matthews during the fourth quarter.

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 1
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 6 17 14 3 7 0 1 1
24 Bell, Bob ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 1 2 5 2
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 26 25 1 10 5 5 5
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 4 2 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 3 1
30 Grima, Robert ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 1
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 1 1 19 19 0 3 0 3 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 1 4 3
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 3 1 18 15 3 6 0 1 1
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 2 1 32 29 3 2 1 5 2
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 4 2 2 1
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 3 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 1 1
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 6 0 4 2
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 20 267 236 31 64 17 43 27

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 25 J. Hendrie
3 L. Matthews 24 P. Knights 8 K. Heath 10 R. Wilson 29 B. Shinners
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

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28 K. Matthews 14 A. Martello 2 B. Keddie



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



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19 R. Johnson 16 N. Bussell 20 I. Bremner



HALF-BACK



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



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith