1975 VFL Round 9: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1975 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round 9 of the 1975 VFL season. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. In the absence of Peter Crimmins, vice-captain Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, I. Low, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, R. Murrie, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

Hawthorn
Back: P. Welsh, K. Moore, G. Harrison
Half-back: B. Jaworskyj, P. Knights, I. Bremner
Centre: S. Trott, K. Matthews, G. Ablett
Half-forward: A. De Wolde, A. Martello, J. Hendrie
Forward: B. Jones, M. Moncrieff, B. Rowlings
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.: A. Goad, L. Rice

Footscray (8.10.58) were defeated by Hawthorn (20.14.134).

Goalkickers
Footscray: D. Collins (3), R. Abbey (2), P. Featherby, I. Low, L. Sandilands
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (6), G. Ablett (2), A. De Wolde (2), A. Martello (2), M. Moncrieff (2), M. Tuck (2), B. Jaworskyj, B. Jones, B. Rowlings, S. Trott

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Hawthorn were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 31 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,933

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 8.10.58 - 20.14.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 4 . 6 5 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Hawthorn 6 . 3 8 . 5 19 . 11 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Margin HWTH by 32 HWTH by 23 HWTH by 89 HWTH by 76 HWTH by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), Don Scott (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 3 ? 2 1
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 3 0 16 15 1 2 ? 3 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 ? 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 13 ? 6 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 1 ? 4 3
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 2 ? 1 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 ? 1 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 ? 1 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 3 ? 3 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 2 ? 3 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 ? 5 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 3 6 6 0 4 ? 2 1
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 ? 2 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 0 ? 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 ? 1 5
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 ? 2 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 2 ? 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 ? 1 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 10 268 227 41 53 0+ 49 33

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 2 0 18 14 4 2 ? 2 1
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 ? 1 1
27 De Wolde, Alle HFFL ? 2 2 11 7 4 3 ? 1 2
19 Goad, Alan SUB↑ ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 0 0
41 Harrison, Glenn BPR↓ ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 ? 1 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 ? 2 4
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFL ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 ? 1 0
31 Jones, Bernie FPL ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 ? 1 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 29 25 4 7 ? 3 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 0 16 14 2 3 ? 1 4
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 0 1 16 16 0 5 ? 2 4
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 6 2 29 28 1 3 ? 3 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 2 2 6 6 0 3 ? 1 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 ? 1 1
13 Rice, Leon SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 ? 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry FPR ? 1 0 15 14 1 1 ? 1 3
23 Scott, Don (ac) RU ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 ? 3 10
28 Trott, Stuart WL↓ ? 1 4 19 18 1 4 ? 2 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 1 26 24 2 3 ? 3 6
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 ? 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 14 290 245 45 56 0+ 33 49

A. Goad replaced S. Trott during the fourth quarter.
L. Rice replaced G. Harrison 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

Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 41 G. Harrison













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



1 B. Jaworskyj 24 P. Knights 20 I. Bremner













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 S. Trott 4 K. Matthews 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (ac) 19 A. Goad
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 13 L. Rice
27 A. De Wolde 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 B. Jones 6 M. Moncrieff 22 B. Rowlings













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy