1975 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1975 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round sixteen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (15.17.107) were defeated by Hawthorn (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 19 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,829

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 15.17.107 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 12 11 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Hawthorn 4 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 12 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin HWTH by 7 HWTH by 2 MELB by 8 HWTH by 12 HWTH by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 2 25 21 4 13 0 1 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 1
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 0 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 3 0 2 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 3 0 3 0
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 1 5
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 3 3
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 4 0 8 0
50 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 4 1 13 13 0 5 0 3 1
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 8 26 2 3
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 3 18 17 1 3 0 2 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 4 13 11 2 5 7 4 4
40 Sparks, John ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 4 17 16 1 1 0 7 1
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 17 248 217 31 75 33 47 33

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL↓ ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 3
19 Goad, Alan SUB↑ ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 1
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 2 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 4
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFL ? 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 1 0
31 Jones, Bernie RU ? 1 1 10 10 0 2 12 2 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 2 2 8 6 2 3 0 1 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 3 16 16 0 4 17 3 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 2 3
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 4 1 24 19 5 6 0 2 6
21 McCarthy, Gerald BPR ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 1 2 7 7 0 5 0 1 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 1 1 1
34 Petch, Len FPR↓ ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 8 2 2
10 Polkinghorne, David SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 Rice, Leon HBFR ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 4
22 Rowlings, Barry FPL ? 3 1 24 20 4 5 0 3 2
16 Scrimshaw, Ian HFFL ? 0 3 13 12 1 1 0 2 1
28 Trott, Stuart WR ? 1 1 22 21 1 4 0 2 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 16 16 0 1 2 4 3
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 17 249 211 38 56 40 33 47

A. Goad replaced G. Ablett.
D. Polkinghorne replaced L. Petch.

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
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 21 G. McCarthy













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



1 B. Jaworskyj 24 P. Knights 13 L. Rice













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 B. Jones 19 A. Goad
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 10 D. Polkinghorne
16 I. Scrimshaw 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 B. Rowlings 6 M. Moncrieff 34 L. Petch













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy