1973 VFL Round 1: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1973 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 1 of the 1973 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), G. Cowton, D. Dench, P. Doherty, V. Doolan, G. Farrant, P. Feltham, B. Goodingham, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Kekovich, R. Muir, R. Peterson, J. Rantall, M. Redenbach, P. Ryan, W. Schimmelbusch, R. Smith, D. Wade

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

North Melbourne (14.14.98) defeated Hawthorn (9.16.70).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: R. Peterson (5), D. Wade (5), B. Davis (2), S. Kekovich, R. Smith
Hawthorn: P. Crimmins (3), L. Matthews (2), K. Heath, K. Matthews, G. McCarthy, M. Moncrieff

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 7 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,934

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 14.14.98 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 6 10 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Hawthorn 1 . 3 5 . 7 5 . 13 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin NMLB by 12 HWTH by 7 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Barry Davis (North Melbourne), David Parkin (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 0 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 3 26 22 4 2 0 3 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 6 1
15 Doherty, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 3 4
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 0 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 12 22 2 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 6 0 5 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 1 3 14 9 5 3 1 3 4
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 5 1 24 20 4 1 0 5 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 4 2
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 6 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 4 2
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 1 2 16 14 2 4 0 5 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 3 14 11 3 7 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 290 228 62 65 29 45 34

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 2 4
16 Bussell, Norm HBFL ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 2
9 Chiron, Gene SUB↑ ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 2
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 3 1 21 18 3 3 0 4 4
7 Grummisch, Charlie FPR ? 0 2 21 18 3 7 0 3 2
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 1 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 2
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 0 4
24 Knights, Peter HFFL ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 3 1 3
14 Martello, Alan BPL ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 6 6 4
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFR ? 1 1 10 8 2 4 0 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 2 7 32 29 3 6 0 3 4
26 McCarthy, Gerald SUB↑ ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 1 3 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 1 13 12 1 1 0 0 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 1 1 8 6 2 5 0 1 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 2
27 Parkin, David (c) BPR↓ ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
13 Rice, Leon WR↓ ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 20 4 3
12 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 0 0 21 19 2 9 0 2 1
10 Zemski, Michael C ? 0 1 11 11 0 3 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 16 265 234 31 67 30 36 45

G. McCarthy replaced L. Rice during the second quarter.
G. Chiron replaced D. Parkin at three-quarter-time.

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

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 A. Martello 15 K. Moore 27 D. Parkin (c)













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 10 M. Zemski 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 9 G. Chiron
HALF-FORWARD 12 B. Stevenson 26 G. McCarthy
24 P. Knights 25 J. Hendrie 4 K. Matthews 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 L. Matthews 6 M. Moncrieff 7 C. Grummisch













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy