1972 VFL Round 20: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1972 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round 20 of the 1972 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at VFL Park. David Parkin captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Hawthorn
Back: D. Parkin (capt.), K. Moore, L. Hawken
Half-back: N. Bussell, K. Heath, I. Bremner
Centre: D. Meagher, L. Rice, J. Hendrie
Half-forward: A. Goad, A. Martello, G. Chiron
Forward: M. Moncrieff, P. Knights, L. Matthews
Follower: K. Beck, B. Keddie, P. Crimmins
Sub.: G. McCarthy, M. Porter

Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), G. Blethyn, J. Cassin, P. Daniel, H. Delahunty, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, D. Gerlach, B. Grinter, L. Halley, D. McKenzie, G. Parkes, G. Perry, K. Roberts, G. Schultz, R. Smith, P. Wellington, J. Williams, A. Wilson

Hawthorn (15.16.106) defeated Essendon (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (10), P. Crimmins (3), G. McCarthy, D. Meagher
Essendon: G. Blethyn (4), K. Roberts (4), N. Fields, B. Grinter, D. Tuddenham, A. Wilson

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 4th on the ladder and Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 36,861

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 15.16.106 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 10 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Essendon 0 . 5 6 . 9 9 . 14 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin HWTH by 36 HWTH by 11 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Des Tuddenham (Essendon)
Captains: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Des Tuddenham (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Barry Davis (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Beck, Ken RU ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 21 0 5
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 2 4
16 Bussell, Norm HBFL ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 2 5
36 Chiron, Gene HFFR ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 3 2 23 21 2 1 0 4 3
40 Goad, Alan HFFL ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 0
18 Hawken, Les BPR ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 1 2 5
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 4 3
25 Hendrie, John WR ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 2 9
2 Keddie, Bob RR ? 0 1 13 12 1 1 0 3 2
24 Knights, Peter FF↓ ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 1 22 20 2 3 2 3 2
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 0 3 20 15 5 6 0 0 2
42 McCarthy, Gerald SUB↑ ? 1 1 14 9 5 3 1 3 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 1 21 21 0 0 0 3 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 10 2 17 17 0 9 0 3 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB↓ ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 2 3
27 Parkin, David (c) BPL ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 2
9 Porter, Michael SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 Rice, Leon C ? 0 1 18 15 3 1 0 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 16 277 244 33 58 25 40 58

G. McCarthy replaced P. Knights during the first quarter.
M. Porter replaced K. Moore during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 4 6 18 16 2 8 0 3 4
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 3 0 2 2
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 4 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 3 0 6 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 3 3
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 3 2 7 3
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 6 6 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 5 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 5 0 5 4
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 2 8 8 0 0 0 2 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 2 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 2 0 6 2
56 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 1 16 16 0 1 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 262 231 31 53 16 57 40

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






4 K. Beck 42 G. McCarthy
3 L. Matthews 24 P. Knights 6 M. Moncrieff 2 B. Keddie 9 M. Porter
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins

HALF-BACK













36 G. Chiron 14 A. Martello 40 A. Goad



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













25 J. Hendrie 13 L. Rice 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













20 I. Bremner 8 K. Heath 16 N. Bussell



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













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



BACK



Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham