1974 VFL Season Round 5: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1974 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round five of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Peter Crimmins captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Hawthorn (8.14.62) were defeated by Footscray (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,275

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Footscray
Score: 8.14.62 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 6 3 . 7 8 . 13 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Footscray 1 . 0 4 . 4 6 . 10 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin HWTH by 6 FOOT by 3 HWTH by 15 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 1 16 15 1 1 ? 1 2
37 Bevan, Wayne HFFR↓ ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 2
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 ? 1 0
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 ? 0 1
19 Goad, Alan SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 ? 1 0
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 0 15 12 3 8 ? 1 3
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 2 1 12 11 1 7 ? 1 2
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan FB ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 ? 2 1
31 Jones, Bernie BPR ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 ? 1 2
24 Knights, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 ? 2 2
14 Martello, Alan HFFL ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 ? 3 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 ? 5 2
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 2 5 22 21 1 5 ? 1 2
21 McCarthy, Gerald CHF ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 ? 2 3
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 ? 1 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 4 3 11 11 0 7 ? 3 2
13 Rice, Leon HBFL ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 ? 3 1
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 2 17 13 4 5 ? 2 4
33 Steel, Kelvin SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
17 Tuck, Michael RR↓ ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 ? 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 14 253 219 34 74 0+ 32 35

A. Goad replaced W. Bevan during the third quarter.
K. Steel replaced M. Tuck during the fourth quarter.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 ? 4 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 ? 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 16 ? 1 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 4 20 18 2 8 ? 3 4
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 ? 2 0
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 ? 2 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 ? 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 ? 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 ? 1 0
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 ? 2 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 8 ? 3 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 ? 0 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 25 25 0 10 ? 4 0
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 2 ? 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 ? 3 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 6 1 23 17 6 6 ? 2 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 5 10 8 2 6 ? 0 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 3 14 9 5 7 ? 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 3 ? 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 19 306 258 48 96 0+ 35 32

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 19 A. Goad
3 L. Matthews 25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 33 K. Steel
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (c)

HALF-BACK













37 W. Bevan 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 13 L. Rice



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













31 B. Jones 1 B. Jaworskyj 11 B. Douge



BACK



Footscray Coach: Bob Rose