1974 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1974 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round eight of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Peter Crimmins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (6.15.51) were defeated by Hawthorn (13.21.99).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 25 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,030

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 6.15.51 - 13.21.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 7 5 . 9 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Hawthorn 4 . 7 7 . 13 11 . 19 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Margin HWTH by 15 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 46 HWTH by 48 HWTH by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Hawthorn

Captain: Peter Crimmins
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 4 0 4 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 4 2 2 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 6
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 5 0 2 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 7 2 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 3 8 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 4 0 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 2 2 1
51 Keays, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 1
40 McMullin, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 1
39 Moore, Kevin ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
29 Murray, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 3
22 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 3 17 16 1 1 0 5 3
37 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 3 1
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 2 1 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 4 10 7 3 2 3 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 1 0 2 3
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 15 261 204 57 48 23 40 33

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 2 18 14 4 2 0 1 2
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 1 2 22 16 6 3 0 0 4
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 1 3 1
19 Goad, Alan SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heath, Kevin CHB ? 0 1 8 8 0 3 1 0 3
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 0 1 27 21 6 9 0 0 5
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFR ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0
31 Jones, Bernie SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
24 Knights, Peter HBFL ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 0 4 1
14 Martello, Alan BPR ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 20 2 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 0 1 23 22 1 3 0 7 2
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 3 2 12 11 1 1 0 3 2
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 2 22 18 4 3 0 3 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 4 2 10 8 2 5 0 2 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 1 0
13 Rice, Leon HFFL ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 2 3
23 Scott, Don RU↓ ? 1 2 9 6 3 1 15 1 5
12 Stevenson, Bruce FPL ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 2 12 12 0 2 0 1 3
32 Welsh, Peter HFFR ? 1 2 18 15 3 3 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 21 271 233 38 56 41 33 40

B. Jones replaced D. Scott 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

Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 15 K. Moore 14 A. Martello













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 19 A. Goad
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 31 B. Jones
13 L. Rice 25 J. Hendrie 32 P. Welsh 5 P. Crimmins (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 B. Stevenson 6 M. Moncrieff 3 L. Matthews













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy