1973 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1973 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round sixteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. David Parkin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (6.9.45) were defeated by Hawthorn (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 21 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,987

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 6.9.45 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Hawthorn 4 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 10 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin HWTH by 13 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 22 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Hawthorn

Captain: David Parkin
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 7 0 4 3
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 3 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 12 22 2 3
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 21 21 0 4 0 1 4
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 4 0 6 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 3 0 5 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 2
5 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 5 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 6 0 2 3
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 3 11 10 1 2 0 0 2
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 1 4
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 3 13 11 2 6 2 3 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 3 3 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 4 0 2 3
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 1
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 0 30 26 4 5 0 9 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 4 4
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 7 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 9 325 272 53 78 27 63 54

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff C ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 2 2
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 3
16 Bussell, Norm SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter FPR ? 1 1 26 25 1 4 0 6 2
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 4 0
19 Goad, Alan SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 5 3
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 1 1 16 15 1 3 0 5 4
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFL ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 4
24 Knights, Peter BPR ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 1 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 4 3 8
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 2 1 24 22 2 4 0 5 2
26 McCarthy, Gerald FPL ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 2 21 19 2 4 0 1 7
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 3 4 16 14 2 5 0 3 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 2
27 Parkin, David (c) HFFR ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 4 3
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 2 18 16 2 2 0 4 5
23 Scott, Don RU ? 1 0 11 10 1 5 13 1 6
12 Stevenson, Bruce RR ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 1 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 11 288 257 31 60 18 54 61

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

Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 15 K. Moore 24 P. Knights













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



1 B. Jaworskyj 8 K. Heath 20 I. Bremner













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 2 G. Ablett 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 16 N. Bussell
HALF-FORWARD 12 B. Stevenson 19 A. Goad
25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 27 D. Parkin (c) 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



26 G. McCarthy 6 M. Moncrieff 5 P. Crimmins













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy