1974 VFL Round 4: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1974 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round 4 of the 1974 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Hawthorn
Back: L. Rice, K. Moore, B. Jones
Half-back: B. Jaworskyj, K. Heath, P. Knights
Centre: D. Meagher, K. Matthews, G. Ablett
Half-forward: A. Martello, G. McCarthy, I. Scrimshaw
Forward: M. Moncrieff, J. Hendrie, L. Matthews
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, A. Goad
Sub.: W. Bevan, K. Steel

Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), A. Noonan (vice-capt.), R. Amos, R. Andrews, S. Beaumont, J. Cassin, R. Close, N. Fields, P. Hickmott, G. Jenkin, G. Lowe, L. Moloney, G. Moss, R. Newton, G. Parkes, G. Perry, G. Pryor, G. Schultz, R. Smith, A. Wilson

Hawthorn (9.15.69) defeated Essendon (5.13.43).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (3), J. Hendrie (2), A. Goad, A. Martello, D. Meagher, M. Moncrieff
Essendon: J. Cassin, R. Close, N. Fields, R. Newton, D. Tuddenham

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 17,598

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 9.15.69 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 5 5 . 5 6 . 9 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 7 4 . 13 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin HWTH by 14 HWTH by 16 HWTH by 8 HWTH by 26 HWTH by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Des Tuddenham (Essendon)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Des Tuddenham (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Alan Noonan (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 1 25 24 1 5 ? 3 3
37 Bevan, Wayne SUB↑ ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 ? 2 1
19 Goad, Alan RO ? 1 2 14 8 6 1 ? 1 3
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 ? 1 0
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 2 0 9 8 1 2 ? 3 3
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFL ? 0 1 18 18 0 7 ? 2 0
31 Jones, Bernie BPR ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 ? 1 0
24 Knights, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 ? 4 2
14 Martello, Alan HFFL ? 1 2 13 12 1 1 ? 4 9
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 ? 3 3
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 3 3 26 24 2 4 ? 4 7
21 McCarthy, Gerald CHF ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 ? 1 7
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 1 1 13 13 0 3 ? 1 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 1 2 10 8 2 1 ? 6 5
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 ? 1 1
13 Rice, Leon BPL ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 ? 5 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 ? 2 5
16 Scrimshaw, Ian HFFR↓ ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 ? 0 1
33 Steel, Kelvin SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 18 16 2 1 ? 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 15 242 208 34 47 0+ 48 57

W. Bevan replaced I. Scrimshaw at three-quarter-time.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 ? 1 3
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 3 ? 6 5
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 5 ? 6 2
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 4 15 14 1 4 ? 4 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 6 ? 1 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 3 ? 2 3
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 ? 4 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 ? 2 4
37 Lowe, Garry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 1 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 2 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 2 21 11 10 7 ? 5 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 ? 0 1
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 ? 0 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 ? 5 2
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 ? 4 3
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 ? 4 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 ? 0 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 ? 6 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 2 ? 2 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 4 20 19 1 1 ? 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 13 264 223 41 53 0+ 57 48

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

Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott (c) 37 W. Bevan
3 L. Matthews 25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 33 K. Steel
FORWARD 19 A. Goad

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16 I. Scrimshaw 21 G. McCarthy 14 A. Martello



HALF-FORWARD



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2 G. Ablett 4 K. Matthews 30 D. Meagher FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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



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31 B. Jones 15 K. Moore 13 L. Rice



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Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham