1972 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1972 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round nine of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Essendon (15.17.107) defeated Hawthorn (14.21.105).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 27 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,187

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.17.107 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 7 . 11 9 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Hawthorn 4 . 5 8 . 14 11 . 17 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin ESSE by 6 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 15 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 3 0 1 1
9 Cassin, John ? ? 2 2 19 18 1 2 0 2 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 15 15 0 6 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 2 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 4 22 20 2 3 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 5 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 2 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 4 1 2
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 7 5 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 3 15 14 1 5 0 5 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 7 12 3 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 4
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 3 1 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 0 0 2 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 17 250 230 20 64 23 43 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 4
16 Bussell, Norm HBFL ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 0 2
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 1 0 18 13 5 3 0 2 3
12 Day, Robert SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
7 Grummisch, Charlie WL ? 1 1 20 18 2 6 0 1 0
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 1 4 3
8 Heath, Kevin RR ? 0 3 13 11 2 3 1 3 0
25 Hendrie, John FPL ? 0 3 11 10 1 4 0 0 1
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 3 3 18 16 2 6 0 4 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 3 0 16 15 1 6 1 3 4
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 25 23 2 6 2 2 3
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 3 8 29 29 0 8 0 3 2
30 Meagher, Des WR ? 1 0 25 21 4 2 1 0 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael SUB↑ ? 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 2
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 1 2
9 Porter, Michael HFFR ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 5
13 Rice, Leon C↓ ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 26 2 5
17 Tuck, Michael FF↓ ? 0 1 5 2 3 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 21 276 247 29 65 32 32 43

R. Day replaced L. Rice during the third quarter.
M. Moncrieff replaced M. Tuck during the fourth 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

Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 15 K. Moore 18 L. Hawken













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 C. Grummisch 13 L. Rice 30 D. Meagher









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 12 R. Day
HALF-FORWARD 8 K. Heath 6 M. Moncrieff
2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 9 M. Porter 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 J. Hendrie 17 M. Tuck 3 L. Matthews













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy