1974 VFL Qualifying Final: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1974 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn in the qualifying final of the 1974 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), P. Baker, A. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, G. Cowton, P. Feltham, B. Goodingham, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, S. Kekovich, K. Montgomery, M. Nolan, D. Pagan, J. Rantall, W. Schimmelbusch, B. Smith, D. Wade

Hawthorn
Back: B. Douge, K. Moore, K. Heath
Half-back: I. Bremner, P. Knights, B. Jaworskyj
Centre: L. Rice, K. Matthews, G. Ablett
Half-forward: J. Hendrie, G. McCarthy, D. Meagher
Forward: A. Martello, C. Grummisch, P. Welsh
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.: M. Moncrieff, D. Parkin

North Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated Hawthorn (8.17.65).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. Kekovich (5), A. Briedis (2), B. Cable (2), D. Wade (2), P. Baker, J. Burns, G. Cowton, P. Feltham
Hawthorn: C. Grummisch (2), K. Matthews (2), A. Martello, D. Scott, M. Tuck, P. Welsh

As a result of this match, North Melbourne faced Richmond in the second semi final and Hawthorn faced Collingwood in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 7 September 1974
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 77,519

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.13.103 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 5 8 . 8 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Hawthorn 1 . 5 4 . 10 6 . 15 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin NMLB by 9 HWTH by 5 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Barry Davis (North Melbourne), Don Scott (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), unknown (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 3 ? 0 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 2 19 15 4 4 ? 4 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 4 ? 1 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 1 ? 4 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 ? 2 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 2 ? 0 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 3 ? 2 0
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 ? 5 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 2 19 11 8 5 ? 2 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 ? 3 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 8 ? 3 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 ? 2 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 5 1 13 9 4 3 ? 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 ? 1 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 ? 0 3
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 ? 2 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 ? 0 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 3 ? 1 0
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 3 ? 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 13 292 231 61 67 0+ 34 33

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 2 15 12 3 3 ? 3 1
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 ? 0 2
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 ? 2 1
7 Grummisch, Charlie FF ? 2 1 10 8 2 3 ? 1 1
8 Heath, Kevin BPR ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 ? 1 1
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 1 20 17 3 9 ? 1 2
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFR ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 2 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 ? 1 2
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 1 3 19 17 2 6 ? 2 4
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 2 0 18 16 2 4 ? 5 2
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 0 5 21 19 2 3 ? 2 2
21 McCarthy, Gerald CHF↓ ? 0 2 4 3 1 1 ? 0 2
30 Meagher, Des HFFR ? 0 0 25 21 4 1 ? 1 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 ? 1 1
27 Parkin, David SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 ? 1 0
13 Rice, Leon WL ? 0 2 14 12 2 2 ? 1 4
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 ? 5 5
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 12 12 0 0 ? 3 1
32 Welsh, Peter FPR↓ ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 ? 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 17 260 218 42 51 0+ 33 37

M. Moncrieff replaced G. McCarthy.
D. Parkin replaced P. Welsh during the fourth quarter.

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

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 15 K. Moore 8 K. Heath













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 I. Bremner 24 P. Knights 1 B. Jaworskyj













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 L. Rice 4 K. Matthews 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 6 M. Moncrieff
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 27 D. Parkin
25 J. Hendrie 21 G. McCarthy 30 D. Meagher 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 A. Martello 7 C. Grummisch 32 P. Welsh













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy