1973 VFL Round 8: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1973 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round 8 of the 1973 VFL season. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), F. Bourke (vice-capt.), G. Allford, D. Clay, D. Cumming, R. Dean, M. Green, G. Hewitt, R. Hunt, M. Keane, R. Lamb, C. McKellar, R. McLean, K. Morris, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, W. Walsh, B. Wood

Hawthorn
Back: B. Douge, K. Moore, A. Martello
Half-back: M. Tuck, K. Heath, B. Jaworskyj
Centre: D. Meagher, D. Parkin (capt.), L. Rice
Half-forward: K. Matthews, J. Hendrie, C. Grummisch
Forward: L. Matthews, W. Bevan, M. Moncrieff
Follower: D. Scott, B. Stevenson, P. Crimmins
Sub.: G. Ablett, I. Bremner

Richmond (10.22.82) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.23.119).

Goalkickers
Richmond: M. Green (3), D. Cumming, R. Dean, M. Keane, R. McLean, K. Morris, K. Sheedy, I. Stewart
Hawthorn: W. Bevan (5), M. Moncrieff (3), C. Grummisch (2), D. Meagher (2), J. Hendrie, K. Matthews, L. Matthews, L. Rice

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Hawthorn remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,613

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.22.82 - 16.23.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 6 5 . 11 8 . 18 10 . 22 10 . 22 (82)
Hawthorn 5 . 7 8 . 12 12 . 18 16 . 23 16 . 23 (119)
Margin HWTH by 19 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 37 HWTH by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), David Parkin (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), unknown (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 5 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 0 2 27 25 2 2 0 5 1
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 5 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 4 17 16 1 7 0 0 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 1 0 0 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 3 0 8 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 3 4 8 8 0 4 5 3 4
19 Hewitt, Glynn ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 2 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 14 3 3
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 1 3 8 5 3 2 0 1 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 2 0 0 2
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 14 3 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 5 0 3 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 0 4 0
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 22 261 206 55 53 33 49 35

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Bevan, Wayne FF ? 5 1 12 10 2 6 0 0 3
20 Bremner, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter RO ? 0 3 21 17 4 0 0 1 1
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 0
7 Grummisch, Charlie HFFR ? 2 1 16 15 1 8 0 0 1
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 2
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 1 3 18 14 4 1 0 2 3
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFR ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 2
14 Martello, Alan BPR ? 0 1 16 14 2 4 9 4 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 1 4 9 8 1 4 0 2 1
3 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 1 4 27 23 4 4 0 6 3
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 2 0 22 20 2 0 0 2 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPR ? 3 2 12 11 1 3 1 4 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 2
27 Parkin, David (c) C ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 6
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 1 0 19 17 2 4 0 1 5
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 8 3 9
12 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 2 2
17 Tuck, Michael HBFL↓ ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 23 284 241 43 59 18 35 49

I. Bremner replaced M. Tuck during the fourth 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

Richmond Coach: Tom Hafey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 15 K. Moore 14 A. Martello













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



17 M. Tuck 8 K. Heath 1 B. Jaworskyj













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 27 D. Parkin (c) 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 2 G. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD 12 B. Stevenson 20 I. Bremner
4 K. Matthews 25 J. Hendrie 7 C. Grummisch 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 L. Matthews 37 W. Bevan 6 M. Moncrieff













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy