1973 VFL Season Round 5: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1973 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round five of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Glenferrie Oval. Peter Crimmins captained the hosts. David Thorpe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Hawthorn (18.16.124) defeated Footscray (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 11,492

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 18.16.124 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 3 7 . 7 13 . 12 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Footscray 2 . 4 12 . 8 14 . 10 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin HWTH by 23 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 4 HWTH by 16 HWTH by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Bevan, Wayne FF ? 3 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 1
20 Bremner, Ian C ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 3
16 Bussell, Norm HBFL ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 2
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 1 3 22 20 2 1 0 3 2
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 1 17 16 1 1 0 3 1
19 Goad, Alan SUB↑ ? 1 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 2
7 Grummisch, Charlie HFFR ? 4 2 14 12 2 8 0 0 2
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 1
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 2 2 16 13 3 4 0 1 4
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFR ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 3 2
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 10 2 4
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 3 2 19 19 0 4 0 3 3
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 1 1 28 27 1 5 0 2 3
26 McCarthy, Gerald SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 1 19 18 1 5 0 2 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael BPR ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB↓ ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 19 17 2 3 15 5 3
12 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 1 2 14 12 2 4 1 3 2
32 Welsh, Peter WR ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 16 266 240 26 57 26 37 43

A. Goad replaced K. Moore at three-quarter-time.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 13 2 3
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 4
44 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 1 2
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 7 15 2 0
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 3 0 3 0
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 1
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 3 2 17 12 5 3 0 3 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 4 1 11 10 1 5 0 1 2
5 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 3
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 4 3
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 1 1 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 1
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 4 4 27 22 5 3 0 5 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 10 2 3 3
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 5 0 7 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 12 240 204 36 60 31 43 37

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 19 A. Goad
3 L. Matthews 37 W. Bevan 14 A. Martello 12 B. Stevenson 26 G. McCarthy
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (c)

HALF-BACK













7 C. Grummisch 25 J. Hendrie 4 K. Matthews



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













32 P. Welsh 20 I. Bremner 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













1 B. Jaworskyj 8 K. Heath 16 N. Bussell



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













6 M. Moncrieff 15 K. Moore 11 B. Douge



BACK



Footscray Coach: Bob Rose