1973 VFL Season Round 3: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1973 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round three of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Peter Crimmins captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Hawthorn (27.8.170) defeated Essendon (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Monday 23 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 32,101

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 27.8.170 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 2 11 . 3 18 . 6 27 . 8 27 . 8 (170)
Essendon 4 . 1 9 . 6 12 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin HWTH by 7 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 68 HWTH by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Bevan, Wayne HFFR ? 3 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 1
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 0 5
16 Bussell, Norm HBFR↓ ? 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 2 4
9 Chiron, Gene SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 1 1 26 22 4 2 0 0 2
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 4 3
7 Grummisch, Charlie FF ? 5 1 15 14 1 9 0 2 1
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 1 0 4
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 5
14 Martello, Alan BPR ? 2 1 19 16 3 8 13 5 8
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 0 4 1
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 11 3 41 38 3 9 0 6 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 0 17 14 3 1 0 2 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB↓ ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 2
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 14 4 4
12 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 4
17 Tuck, Michael SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
32 Welsh, Peter WR ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 5
10 Zemski, Michael C ? 1 0 22 18 4 5 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 27 8 300 260 40 69 28 44 58

G. Chiron replaced N. Bussell during the fourth quarter.
M. Tuck replaced K. Moore during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 1 3 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 7 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 8 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 4 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 1 0 2 3
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 6 12 1 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 1
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 4 8 2 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 4 0 3 5
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 4 5
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 2 0 4 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 4 0 7 2
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 4 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 2 0 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 12 273 229 44 63 21 58 44

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 9 G. Chiron
3 L. Matthews 7 C. Grummisch 6 M. Moncrieff 12 B. Stevenson 17 M. Tuck
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (c)

HALF-BACK













37 W. Bevan 25 J. Hendrie 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 20 I. Bremner



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













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



BACK



Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham