1976 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 114.2%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Knights (45)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Michael Moncrieff (91)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Leigh Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Don Scott

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Geoff #2 23 R01, R03-R16, R18-R22, QF, SF, GF 11
Bennett, Peter #40 7 R12-R16, R20-R21 3
Bremner, Ian #20 18 R01, R04, R07-R13, R15, R18-R22, QF, SF, GF 1
De Wolde, Alle #27 11 R01-R06, R11, R17, R19, R22, SF 4
Douge, Brian #11 16 R01, R03-R04, R06, R09, R12, R16-R22, QF, SF, GF 1
Eade, Rodney #26 9 R17-R22, QF, SF, GF 4
Fletcher, Don #39 6 R13-R17, R22 2
Goad, Alan #19 23 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07-R22, QF, SF, GF 29
Harrison, Glenn #41 2 R17-R18 0
Hendrie, John #25 23 R01-R12, R15-R22, QF, SF, GF 32
Jones, Bernie #31 15 R01-R06, R16-R17, R19-R22, QF, SF, GF 6
Knights, Peter #24 18 R01-R14, R21, QF, SF, GF 2
Martello, Alan #14 24 R01-R20, R22, QF, SF, GF 20
Matthews, Kelvin #4 11 R01-R02, R17-R22, QF, SF, GF 17
Matthews, Leigh #3 22 R01-R03, R05, R08-R22, QF, SF, GF 71
McCarthy, Gerald #21 16 R03-R04, R06-R11, R13-R18, R21-R22 0
Meagher, Des #30 17 R01-R14, R19-R20, SF 9
Moncrieff, Michael #6 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 97
Moore, Kelvin #15 24 R01-R03, R05-R22, QF, SF, GF 0
Murnane, Peter #43 8 R01-R03, R06-R07, R11-R12, GF 2
Murphy, Shane #32 4 R02-R05 3
O'Halloran, David #8 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 2
Paton, Ian #42 11 R07-R12, R14-R16, R21, QF 0
Petch, Len #34 14 R02, R05, R07-R15, R18-R20 0
Polkinghorne, David #10 12 R02-R06, R14-R16, R22, QF, SF, GF 0
Rice, Leon #13 15 R04, R08-R10, R13-R21, QF, GF 6
Rowlings, Barry #22 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 10
Scott, Don #23 23 R01-R18, R21-R22, QF, SF, GF 14
Spark, Graeme #44 2 R07-R08 3
Steel, Kelvin #33 5 R06-R10 2
Trott, Stuart #28 3 R05-R06, R13 2
Tuck, Michael #17 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 15
Welsh, Peter #12 18 R01-R07, R10-R20 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Kennedy, John 25 19 -0- 6 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1976 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 22 John Kennedy Don Scott
10/04/1976 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 22 John Kennedy Don Scott
17/04/1976 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 88 John Kennedy Don Scott
24/04/1976 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 12 John Kennedy Don Scott
01/05/1976 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 19 John Kennedy Don Scott
08/05/1976 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 40 John Kennedy Don Scott
15/05/1976 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 48 John Kennedy Don Scott
22/05/1976 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 60 John Kennedy Don Scott
29/05/1976 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 27 John Kennedy Don Scott
05/06/1976 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN HAW by 12 John Kennedy Don Scott
14/06/1976 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 12 John Kennedy Don Scott
19/06/1976 Round 12 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 25 John Kennedy Don Scott
26/06/1976 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 8 John Kennedy Don Scott
03/07/1976 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 80 John Kennedy Don Scott
10/07/1976 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY WIN HAW by 12 John Kennedy Don Scott
17/07/1976 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 16 John Kennedy Don Scott
24/07/1976 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 31 John Kennedy Don Scott
31/07/1976 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 18 John Kennedy Don Scott
07/08/1976 Round 19 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 14 John Kennedy Leigh Matthews
14/08/1976 Round 20 Fitzroy AWAY WIN HAW by 3 John Kennedy Leigh Matthews
21/08/1976 Round 21 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 32 John Kennedy Don Scott
28/08/1976 Round 22 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 25 John Kennedy Don Scott
04/09/1976 Qualifying Final North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 20 John Kennedy Don Scott
11/09/1976 Semi Final Carlton AWAY WIN HAW by 17 John Kennedy Don Scott
25/09/1976 Grand Final North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 30 John Kennedy Don Scott