1973 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1973 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round thirteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (15.15.105) were defeated by Hawthorn (15.22.112).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 30 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,787

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 15.15.105 - 15.22.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 11 . 8 11 . 10 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Hawthorn 2 . 6 4 . 10 9 . 18 15 . 22 15 . 22 (112)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 40 MELB by 4 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 3 0 13 8 5 3 0 3 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 5 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 8 0 2 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 5 0 0 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 2 21 19 2 5 0 2 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 7 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 6 14 3 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 3 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 6 0 4 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 2 1 0 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 8 0 2 3
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 5 1
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 1 3 8 6 2 5 7 0 0
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 3 2 14 10 4 4 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 5 0 1 1
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 5 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 15 284 225 59 85 27 35 28

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Bevan, Wayne FF↓ ? 2 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 4
20 Bremner, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
16 Bussell, Norm BPR ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 2
19 Goad, Alan RO ? 0 2 15 12 3 2 0 2 4
7 Grummisch, Charlie HFFR ? 1 2 15 12 3 2 0 3 1
8 Heath, Kevin HFFL ? 0 0 18 14 4 11 0 3 1
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 1 1 21 18 3 8 0 1 2
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan RR ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 1 1
31 Jones, Bernie SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Knights, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 4 2
14 Martello, Alan RU ? 1 3 24 20 4 7 19 4 4
4 Matthews, Kelvin C↓ ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh FPL ? 4 5 32 27 5 6 0 1 3
26 McCarthy, Gerald FPR ? 3 3 14 10 4 5 8 2 1
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 2 0 22 21 1 2 0 2 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael CHB ? 1 2 10 10 0 4 0 1 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 1
27 Parkin, David (c) HBFL ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 1
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 1 20 17 3 5 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 22 296 240 56 80 27 28 35

I. Bremner replaced K. Matthews at three-quarter-time.
B. Jones replaced W. Bevan 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

Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 15 K. Moore 16 N. Bussell













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



27 D. Parkin (c) 6 M. Moncrieff 24 P. Knights













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 4 K. Matthews 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 A. Martello 20 I. Bremner
HALF-FORWARD 1 B. Jaworskyj 31 B. Jones
8 K. Heath 25 J. Hendrie 7 C. Grummisch 19 A. Goad











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 L. Matthews 37 W. Bevan 26 G. McCarthy













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy