1972 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1972 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round sixteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (13.11.89) were defeated by Hawthorn (19.16.130).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 22 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,400

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 13.11.89 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 6 . 5 9 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Hawthorn 3 . 2 7 . 9 8 . 14 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin HWTH by 4 HWTH by 10 level HWTH by 41 HWTH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 1 22 20 2 8 0 3 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 3 1
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 2 0 2 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 3 2
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 9 25 2 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 2 0 1 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 1 0 2 1
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 1 3 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 4 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 0 17 16 1 7 3 3 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 4 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 3 0 3 2
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 3 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 4 0 1 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 10 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 284 238 46 68 29 44 29

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Angus, Geoff SUB↑ ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 0
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 12 1 2
16 Bussell, Norm HBFL ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 0 3
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 4 0 25 22 3 4 0 2 1
12 Day, Robert HBFR ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 3
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 1 0 6 5 1 5 3 0 1
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 13 12 1 9 0 0 2
2 Keddie, Bob HFFL ? 3 2 16 15 1 4 0 2 1
24 Knights, Peter FF ? 3 4 18 17 1 10 0 2 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 3 5 14 13 1 6 2 1 3
28 Matthews, Kelvin HFFR ? 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 1 1 28 23 5 5 0 0 5
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 1 20 19 1 3 0 4 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 3
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 4 2
13 Rice, Leon C ? 0 0 26 23 3 3 1 1 3
23 Scott, Don FPL ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 15 3 4
34 Stevenson, Bruce RR↓ ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 1 3 2
17 Tuck, Michael WR↓ ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2
10 Wilson, Ray SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 16 282 246 36 72 34 29 44

G. Angus replaced M. Tuck during the third quarter.
R. Wilson replaced B. Stevenson.

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

Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin (c) 15 K. Moore 18 L. Hawken













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



16 N. Bussell 8 K. Heath 12 R. Day













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 13 L. Rice 17 M. Tuck









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 33 G. Angus
HALF-FORWARD 34 B. Stevenson 10 R. Wilson
2 B. Keddie 14 A. Martello 28 K. Matthews 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 D. Scott 24 P. Knights 3 L. Matthews













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy