1974 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1974 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Peter Crimmins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Richmond (12.16.88) were defeated by Hawthorn (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 6 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,734

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.16.88 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 5 . 10 10 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Hawthorn 3 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 8 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin RICH by 5 HWTH by 10 RICH by 5 HWTH by 16 HWTH by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 ? 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 4 4 31 30 1 0 ? 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 ? 4 3
18 Brown, Mal ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 6 ? 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 7 ? 3 2
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 ? 4 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 ? 1 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 ? 1 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 ? 2 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 ? 2 1
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 ? 2 1
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 2 ? 4 1
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 ? 1 0
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 ? 3 7
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 0 22 17 5 1 ? 2 0
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 ? 0 3
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 3 ? 3 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 ? 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 16 277 219 58 50 0+ 34 26

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 1 21 17 4 6 ? 2 1
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 0 2 24 17 7 3 ? 3 0
38 Donaldson, Russell SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 ? 1 0
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 ? 2 2
25 Hendrie, John RR↓ ? 1 1 20 16 4 5 ? 2 3
26 Hudson, Peter FF ? 3 2 12 7 5 4 ? 2 2
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFL ? 0 0 19 16 3 12 ? 1 1
31 Jones, Bernie BPR ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 ? 0 0
24 Knights, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 ? 1 0
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 2 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 ? 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 0 3 16 14 2 2 ? 1 4
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 0 18 17 1 3 ? 0 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 6 1 11 10 1 2 ? 2 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 ? 0 0
13 Rice, Leon SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 ? 0 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 1 0 16 11 5 1 ? 5 5
16 Scrimshaw, Ian HFFL ? 2 0 11 6 5 1 ? 1 0
12 Stevenson, Bruce HFFR ? 0 1 13 8 5 0 ? 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 14 272 212 60 61 0+ 26 34

L. Rice replaced J. Hendrie 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 31 B. Jones













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



1 B. Jaworskyj 8 K. Heath 24 P. Knights













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 4 K. Matthews 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 38 R. Donaldson
HALF-FORWARD 25 J. Hendrie 13 L. Rice
16 I. Scrimshaw 14 A. Martello 12 B. Stevenson 5 P. Crimmins (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 M. Moncrieff 26 P. Hudson 3 L. Matthews













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy