1973 VFL Season Round 2: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1973 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. Peter Crimmins captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Hawthorn (14.14.98) were defeated by Melbourne (13.22.100).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 13,336

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 13.22.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 5 5 . 10 9 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 10 8 . 13 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Margin HWTH by 18 HWTH by 6 HWTH by 4 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Bevan, Wayne CHF ? 2 1 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 2 1 3
9 Chiron, Gene HBFL ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 0
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 1 3 30 26 4 2 0 3 3
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 1
7 Grummisch, Charlie SUB↑ ? 4 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 2
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 1 1 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 1 0 21 17 4 6 0 1 1
24 Knights, Peter FPL↓ ? 2 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
14 Martello, Alan BPR ? 2 3 16 16 0 8 4 0 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 1 1 13 12 1 4 0 4 2
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 4 4
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 1 1 3
21 Scott, Andrew SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 11 11 0 4 12 4 5
12 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 1 5 3
32 Welsh, Peter WR ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 4
10 Zemski, Michael C ? 0 1 24 23 1 2 0 5 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 14 256 232 24 54 21 36 42

C. Grummisch replaced P. Knights at three-quarter-time.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 3 0 20 17 3 3 0 5 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 1 2 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 3 15 11 4 4 0 2 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 26 25 1 1 0 6 3
40 Cumming, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 8 2 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 2 5 14 12 2 3 0 3 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 2 8 8 0 1 0 2 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 9 1 3
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 0 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 3 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 5 0 2 1
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 8 1 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 3 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 4 32 26 6 5 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 22 234 201 33 47 26 42 36

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






23 D. Scott 7 C. Grummisch
3 L. Matthews 6 M. Moncrieff 24 P. Knights 12 B. Stevenson 21 A. Scott
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (c)

HALF-BACK













25 J. Hendrie 37 W. Bevan 4 K. Matthews



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













32 P. Welsh 10 M. Zemski 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













16 N. Bussell 8 K. Heath 9 G. Chiron



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













14 A. Martello 15 K. Moore 11 B. Douge



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley