1975 VFL Semi Final 2: Hawthorn v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 1975 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the second semi final of the 1975 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. In the absence of Peter Crimmins, vice-captain Don Scott captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Hawthorn
Back: P. Welsh, K. Moore, D. Meagher
Half-back: B. Jaworskyj, P. Knights, I. Bremner
Centre: S. Trott, K. Matthews, G. Ablett
Half-forward: S. Murphy, A. Martello, J. Hendrie
Forward: B. Rowlings, M. Cooke, M. Moncrieff
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.: B. Jones, G. McCarthy

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

Hawthorn (12.10.82) defeated North Melbourne (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Cooke (4), J. Hendrie (2), S. Murphy (2), G. Ablett, L. Matthews, B. Rowlings, S. Trott
North Melbourne: B. Davis (2), W. Schimmelbusch (2), D. Wade (2), A. Briedis, B. Cable, S. Kekovich, G. Melrose

As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced North Melbourne in the grand final and North Melbourne faced Richmond in the preliminary final.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 September 1975
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 52,076

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. North Melbourne
Score: 12.10.82 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 2 7 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
North Melbourne 2 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin HWTH by 15 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 11 HWTH by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 1 17 16 1 4 0 3 3
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 2
48 Cooke, Michael FF ? 4 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 2 1 15 10 5 3 0 4 3
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFL ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 2 1
31 Jones, Bernie SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 0 5 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 3 11 11 0 1 12 2 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin C ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 3
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 1 1 15 13 2 2 0 3 6
21 McCarthy, Gerald SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Meagher, Des BPR ? 0 0 24 22 2 1 0 3 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPR ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 1
32 Murphy, Shane HFFL ? 2 1 10 7 3 1 0 1 4
22 Rowlings, Barry FPL ? 1 1 23 21 2 4 0 2 5
23 Scott, Don (ac) RU ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 17 6 7
28 Trott, Stuart WL ? 1 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 3
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 2 17 16 1 4 0 2 2
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 10 264 225 39 48 29 47 54

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 4 5
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 4 0 0 6
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 27 18 9 8 1 3 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 27 18 9 7 0 5 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 1 3 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 5 5 4
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 0 24 23 1 7 1 1 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 3 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 2 3 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 2 4 3 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 2 0 4 3
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 19 4 6
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 8 0 3 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 2 21 20 1 7 0 2 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 307 234 73 70 35 54 47

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: John Kennedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott (ac) 31 B. Jones
6 M. Moncrieff 48 M. Cooke 22 B. Rowlings 17 M. Tuck 21 G. McCarthy
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 32 S. Murphy



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 4 K. Matthews 28 S. Trott FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













30 D. Meagher 15 K. Moore 12 P. Welsh



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi