1974 VFL Season Round 4: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1974 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round four of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (9.15.69) defeated Essendon (5.13.43).

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: John Kennedy

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

HALF-BACK













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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













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



BACK



Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham