1983 VFL Season Qualifying Final: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1983 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy in the qualifying final of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Hawthorn (19.13.127) defeated Fitzroy (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 September 1983
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,288

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.13.127 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 4 11 . 8 15 . 10 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Fitzroy 5 . 4 7 . 5 12 . 7 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin level HWTH by 27 HWTH by 21 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 3 1
23 Brereton, Dermott HFFR ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1
21 Byrne, Michael INT ? 2 0 7 4 3 2 4 0 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert INT ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
26 Eade, Rodney HBFR ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1
29 Greene, Russell WR ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 2 1
1 Judge, Ken HFFL ? 2 2 10 7 3 6 0 1 3
34 Kennedy, John HBFL ? 0 1 14 5 9 4 0 1 2
24 Knights, Peter CHF ? 6 2 23 18 5 9 1 1 2
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 2 0 18 17 1 2 0 3 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 3 4 13 11 2 6 0 1 5
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 5 0 4
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 2 1 1
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 17 10 7 9 0 2 0
12 Paton, Ian RU ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 29 2 6
10 Polkinghorne, David FB ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 1
32 Robertson, Colin RO ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 1 3 1
30 Schwab, Peter WL ? 1 2 21 18 3 3 0 3 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 1 22 17 5 5 0 3 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 24 17 7 1 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 13 307 212 95 75 42 31 41

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 2
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 1 1 6 3
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 2 0 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 2
45 Gotch, Brad ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 4 4
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 1 0 4 1
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 1 3 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 0
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
25 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 3 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 0 4 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 1 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 8 3 18 16 2 12 1 0 2
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 37 6 3
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 7 0 1 1
21 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 6 1 0 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 3 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 9 278 194 84 64 44 41 31

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: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 I. Paton 21 M. Byrne
22 R. Loveridge 3 L. Matthews (c) 20 M. McCarthy 17 M. Tuck 9 R. DiPierdomenico
FORWARD 32 C. Robertson

HALF-BACK













23 D. Brereton 24 P. Knights 1 K. Judge



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













29 R. Greene 16 T. Wallace 30 P. Schwab FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













26 R. Eade 46 C. Mew 34 J. Kennedy



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 10 D. Polkinghorne 7 G. Ayres



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Robert Walls