1973 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1973 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round six of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Roy Simmonds.

Fitzroy (15.17.107) defeated Hawthorn (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 12 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,706

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.17.107 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 6 4 . 9 10 . 13 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Hawthorn 6 . 3 6 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin HWTH by 27 HWTH by 13 HWTH by 10 FITZ by 22 FITZ by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: Roy Simmonds (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 9 2 0
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 4 1
38 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 3 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 5
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 2 18 4 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 2 19 15 4 2 0 4 8
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 2 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 4 30 27 3 2 0 10 4
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 1 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 0 0 1 3
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 0 3 0
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 5 2 8 8 0 5 0 1 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 5 0 5 3
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 2 26 17 9 6 0 5 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 17 274 222 52 57 28 52 38

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Bevan, Wayne FPR ? 5 1 11 10 1 5 0 0 2
20 Bremner, Ian HFFR ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 0 6
16 Bussell, Norm HBFL ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 1 2
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 1 1 24 21 3 0 0 4 3
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 2 2
19 Goad, Alan FPL ? 0 2 16 14 2 0 0 3 5
7 Grummisch, Charlie FF↓ ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 1
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 2 3 18 17 1 4 0 3 3
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFR ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 1 1 2
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL↓ ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3
26 McCarthy, Gerald SUB↑ ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael BPR ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 3 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 5 1
27 Parkin, David (c) C ? 1 1 24 21 3 6 1 3 4
21 Scott, Andrew SUB↑ ? 0 3 9 7 2 1 0 0 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 1 14 12 2 5 16 7 4
12 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 2 1 18 15 3 5 10 2 4
32 Welsh, Peter WR ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 13 268 230 38 48 28 38 52

A. Scott replaced K. Matthews during the first quarter.
G. McCarthy replaced C. Grummisch during the third quarter.

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

Fitzroy Coach: Graham Donaldson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 15 K. Moore 6 M. Moncrieff













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 27 D. Parkin (c) 32 P. Welsh









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 26 G. McCarthy
HALF-FORWARD 12 B. Stevenson 21 A. Scott
4 K. Matthews 25 J. Hendrie 20 I. Bremner 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 A. Goad 7 C. Grummisch 37 W. Bevan













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Roy Simmonds