1972 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1972 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round twelve of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (11.10.76) defeated Hawthorn (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 17 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,314

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 11.10.76 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 8 8 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Hawthorn 7 . 0 8 . 0 11 . 4 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin HWTH by 26 HWTH by 16 HWTH by 12 MELB by 1 MELB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 5 0 2 1
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 3 0 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
34 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 14 1 0
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 5 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 5 2
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 7 7 3 1
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 9 0 4 4
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 2
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 5 0 6 2
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 3 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 1 2 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 4 2 10 9 1 3 1 3 2
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 0 3 5
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 3 0 1 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 3 0 7 3
54 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 10 248 223 25 68 23 56 38

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff FPR ? 1 0 18 17 1 1 0 3 3
4 Beck, Ken SUB↑ ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 6 1 0
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 1 7 7 0 3 0 2 1
16 Bussell, Norm CHB ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4
5 Crimmins, Peter RO↓ ? 1 0 13 11 2 0 0 1 3
7 Grummisch, Charlie WL ? 3 1 15 11 4 8 0 1 4
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 1 14 14 0 3 3 2 3
8 Heath, Kevin FF ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 3
25 Hendrie, John HBFL ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 1 2
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 0 17 16 1 6 10 3 3
30 Meagher, Des WR ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB↓ ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 5 1
13 Rice, Leon C ? 0 3 17 17 0 3 0 3 5
21 Scott, Andrew HFFR ? 3 0 14 12 2 0 1 2 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 15 2 4
29 Shinners, Brian RR ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 3 7
34 Stevenson, Bruce FPL ? 2 1 12 12 0 2 0 1 5
10 Wilson, Ray SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 242 219 23 49 35 37 56

K. Beck replaced K. Moore at three-quarter-time.
R. Wilson replaced P. Crimmins 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

Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 15 K. Moore 18 L. Hawken













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



25 J. Hendrie 16 N. Bussell 20 I. Bremner













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 4 K. Beck
HALF-FORWARD 29 B. Shinners 10 R. Wilson
2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 21 A. Scott 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



34 B. Stevenson 8 K. Heath 33 G. Angus













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy