1974 VFL Round 17: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1974 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 17 of the 1974 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Peter Crimmins captained the hosts. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Laurie Richards captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Hawthorn
Back: B. Douge, K. Moore, R. Beattie
Half-back: P. Knights, K. Heath, B. Jaworskyj
Centre: D. Meagher, K. Matthews, G. Ablett
Half-forward: D. Parkin, J. Hendrie, L. Rice
Forward: A. Martello, C. Grummisch, L. Matthews
Follower: D. Scott, A. Goad, P. Crimmins (capt.)
Sub.: R. Donaldson, B. Jones

Fitzroy
L. Richards (capt.), G. Austen, R. Brain, J. Christou, N. Dare, D. Farnham, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, A. Lukas, I. McCulloch, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. Murray, G. Robertson, L. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, N. Taylor, D. Wall, G. Wilson

Hawthorn (13.28.106) defeated Fitzroy (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (3), P. Crimmins (2), A. Goad (2), A. Martello (2), G. Ablett, J. Hendrie, D. Parkin, D. Scott
Fitzroy: D. Wall (4), J. Christou, I. McCulloch, N. Taylor, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 4th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 6,418

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.28.106 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 7 7 . 12 10 . 20 13 . 28 13 . 28 (106)
Fitzroy 3 . 5 3 . 5 6 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin FITZ by 4 HWTH by 31 HWTH by 38 HWTH by 48 HWTH by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy)
Captains: Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn), Laurie Richards (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 0 19 14 5 1 ? 7 2
28 Beattie, Ron BPR ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 ? 0 0
5 Crimmins, Peter (c) RO ? 2 1 17 14 3 2 ? 3 1
38 Donaldson, Russell SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 0
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 ? 0 0
19 Goad, Alan RR ? 2 2 24 16 8 7 ? 1 5
7 Grummisch, Charlie FF↓ ? 0 2 5 3 2 2 ? 0 1
8 Heath, Kevin CHB↓ ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 ? 0 1
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 1 1 21 16 5 8 ? 2 3
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFR ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 ? 3 0
31 Jones, Bernie SUB↑ ? 0 1 8 7 1 5 ? 0 1
24 Knights, Peter HBFL ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 ? 2 2
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 2 1 15 15 0 2 ? 1 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 0 2 21 16 5 5 ? 2 1
3 Matthews, Leigh FPR ? 3 8 24 22 2 3 ? 2 4
30 Meagher, Des WL ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 ? 0 5
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 ? 0 1
27 Parkin, David HFFL ? 1 3 14 13 1 5 ? 2 0
13 Rice, Leon HFFR ? 0 2 22 17 5 4 ? 1 3
23 Scott, Don RU ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 ? 2 5
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 13 28 285 230 55 69 0+ 28 38

B. Jones replaced C. Grummisch during the third quarter.
R. Donaldson replaced K. Heath during the fourth quarter.

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 ? 1 3
41 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 ? 0 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 4 ? 3 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 0 ? 0 1
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 ? 4 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 2 ? 2 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 ? 1 0
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 ? 1 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 4 ? 5 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 ? 2 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 3 ? 4 2
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 ? 3 0
8 Richards, Laurie (ac) ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 ? 3 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 4 ? 3 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 ? 1 4
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 ? 0 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 ? 0 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 1 ? 2 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 4 0 9 7 2 4 ? 0 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 2 30 23 7 6 ? 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 10 258 195 63 51 0+ 38 28

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 38 R. Donaldson
3 L. Matthews 7 C. Grummisch 14 A. Martello 19 A. Goad 31 B. Jones
FORWARD 5 P. Crimmins (c)

HALF-BACK













13 L. Rice 25 J. Hendrie 27 D. Parkin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













28 R. Beattie 15 K. Moore 11 B. Douge



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Graham Donaldson