1974 VFL Round 1: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1974 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round 1 of the 1974 VFL season. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at 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
R. Hart (capt.), K. Bartlett (vice-capt.), N. Balme, F. Bourke, M. Brown, D. Clay, L. Fowler, M. Green, R. Hunt, M. Keane, E. Leech, C. McKellar, M. McMillan, K. Morris, S. Rae, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, W. Walsh, B. Wood

Hawthorn
Back: B. Douge, K. Moore, B. Jones
Half-back: B. Jaworskyj, K. Heath, P. Knights
Centre: D. Meagher, K. Matthews, G. Ablett
Half-forward: I. Scrimshaw, A. Martello, B. Stevenson
Forward: M. Moncrieff, P. Hudson, L. Matthews
Follower: D. Scott, J. Hendrie, P. Crimmins (capt.)
Sub.: R. Donaldson, L. Rice

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

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (4), M. Brown (2), K. Morris (2), K. Sheedy (2), N. Balme, M. Green
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (6), P. Hudson (3), I. Scrimshaw (2), G. Ablett, J. Hendrie, D. Meagher, D. Scott

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 8th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Royce Hart (Richmond), Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), unknown (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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