1978 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 117.7%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Knights (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Michael Moncrieff (74)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Peter Knights, Leigh Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Don Scott

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Geoff #2 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 15
Ayres, Gary #33 2 R18-R19 3
De Wolde, Alle #27 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 0
DiPierdomenico, Robert #9 21 R01-R17, R19-R20, QF, GF 1
Eade, Rodney #26 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 5
Emery, Steve #38 1 R22 0
Goss, Norm #1 23 R01-R22, GF 38
Hendrie, John #25 22 R01-R14, R17-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF, GF 31
King, Tony #30 7 R04, R15-R17, R19, R21-R22 4
Knights, Peter #24 22 R01, R04-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF, GF 8
Lee, Warren #29 6 R03, R07-R10, R12 2
Martello, Alan #14 20 R01-R03, R07-R08, R10-R16, R18-R22, QF, SF, GF 18
Matthews, Kelvin #4 4 R01-R02, R05-R06 4
Matthews, Leigh #3 23 R02-R03, R05-R22, QF, SF, GF 71
McCarthy, Michael #20 17 R02-R04, R06-R07, R12-R21, SF, GF 1
Moncrieff, Michael #6 23 R01-R14, R17-R22, QF, SF, GF 90
Moore, Kelvin #15 24 R01-R06, R08-R22, QF, SF, GF 4
Murnane, Peter #43 12 R01-R02, R04-R05, R17-R21, QF, SF, GF 8
Murphy, Shane #32 5 R10, R12-R13, QF, SF 3
Murray, Jeff #37 10 R01, R06-R11, R16-R17, R22 3
O'Halloran, David #8 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 5
Paton, Ian #42 20 R01-R05, R07-R12, R15, R18-R22, QF, SF, GF 14
Polkinghorne, David #10 24 R01-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, GF 1
Rice, Leon #13 4 R01, R11, R13-R14 0
Rowlings, Barry #22 13 R01-R09, R11, R13-R15 15
Russo, Peter #4 11 R15-R22, QF, SF, GF 13
Scott, Don #23 24 R02-R22, QF, SF, GF 15
Scott, Mark #40 1 R16 3
Tuck, Michael #17 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 18
Wallace, Terry #16 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF 7
Walter, Richard #45 10 R03-R06, R13-R15, QF, SF, GF 9
Welsh, Peter #12 1 R16 0
Wilton, Nick #21 1 R09 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)
Parkin, David 25 19 -0- 6 R01-R22, QF, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 79 David Parkin unknown
08/04/1978 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 28 David Parkin Don Scott
15/04/1978 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 25 David Parkin Don Scott
22/04/1978 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY WIN HAW by 2 David Parkin Don Scott
29/04/1978 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 1 David Parkin Don Scott
06/05/1978 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN HAW by 31 David Parkin Don Scott
13/05/1978 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 86 David Parkin Don Scott
20/05/1978 Round 8 Richmond AWAY WIN HAW by 29 David Parkin Don Scott
27/05/1978 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 40 David Parkin Don Scott
03/06/1978 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 35 David Parkin Don Scott
17/06/1978 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 29 David Parkin Don Scott
24/06/1978 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 20 David Parkin Don Scott
01/07/1978 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 21 David Parkin Don Scott
08/07/1978 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 10 David Parkin Don Scott
15/07/1978 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 19 David Parkin Don Scott
22/07/1978 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 David Parkin Don Scott
29/07/1978 Round 17 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 24 David Parkin Don Scott
05/08/1978 Round 18 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 6 David Parkin Don Scott
12/08/1978 Round 19 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 57 David Parkin Don Scott
19/08/1978 Round 20 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 56 David Parkin Don Scott
26/08/1978 Round 21 Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 2 David Parkin Don Scott
02/09/1978 Round 22 Essendon HOME WIN HAW by 9 David Parkin Don Scott
09/09/1978 Qualifying Final Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 56 David Parkin Don Scott
16/09/1978 Semi Final North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 14 David Parkin Don Scott
30/09/1978 Grand Final North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 18 David Parkin Don Scott