1983 VFL Season Round 21: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1983 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Hawthorn (25.22.172) defeated Melbourne (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 August 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 21,192

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 25.22.172 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 4 15 . 10 22 . 11 25 . 22 25 . 22 (172)
Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin HWTH by 14 HWTH by 73 HWTH by 101 HWTH by 115 HWTH by 115
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: Allan Jeans

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
D. Rich

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
23 Brereton, Dermott FF ? 4 1 20 11 9 12 1 1 3
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFR ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 0
21 Byrne, Michael FPL ? 0 1 8 3 5 1 6 0 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert INT ? 0 0 27 16 11 4 0 1 5
26 Eade, Rodney HBFL ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 1
29 Greene, Russell BPR ? 2 0 30 18 12 7 0 2 0
1 Judge, Ken HFFL ? 2 2 13 9 4 6 0 0 3
34 Kennedy, John INT ? 0 1 21 11 10 5 0 2 1
24 Knights, Peter CHF ? 3 2 21 16 5 8 2 1 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPR ? 3 2 22 21 1 6 0 4 0
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 0
8 O'Halloran, David FB ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 2 1
12 Paton, Ian RU ? 0 0 23 10 13 3 16 2 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 0
32 Robertson, Colin RO ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 0 0
30 Schwab, Peter WL ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 4 3
33 Shields, Russell WR ? 1 4 20 14 6 4 0 1 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 6 2 31 23 8 7 0 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 4 1 44 35 9 3 0 1 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 25 22 401 267 134 89 25 24 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 4 0 1 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 6 0 0 2
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 6 0 2 4
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 3 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 3 11 7 4 3 0 0 0
18 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 4 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 2 0 3 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 23 0 3
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 1 12 6 6 7 4 1 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 5 0 1 1
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 1 1 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 1
43 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 1 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 1 3 1
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 0 2
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 4 0 3 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 9 305 193 112 70 29 26 24

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 9 R. DiPierdomenico
3 L. Matthews (c) 23 D. Brereton 21 M. Byrne 17 M. Tuck 34 J. Kennedy
FORWARD 32 C. Robertson

HALF-BACK













11 G. Buckenara 24 P. Knights 1 K. Judge



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













33 R. Shields 16 T. Wallace 30 P. Schwab FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













10 D. Polkinghorne 46 C. Mew 26 R. Eade



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













29 R. Greene 8 D. O'Halloran 7 G. Ayres



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi