1976 VFL Season Grand Final: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1976 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the grand final of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at the MCG.
Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain.
Keith Greig 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 (13.22.100) defeated North Melbourne (10.10.70).
Match Details
Season:
1976 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 25 September 1976
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
110,143
Match Results
Outcome:
Hawthorn
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
13.22.100 - 10.10.70
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 5 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 12 | 10 | . | 18 | 13 | . | 22 | 13 | . | 22 | (100) |
| North Melbourne | 4 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 8 | 10 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 10 | (70) |
| Margin | HWTH by 10 | HWTH by 19 | HWTH by 10 | HWTH by 30 | HWTH by 30 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Don ScottVice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: John Kennedy
North Melbourne
Captain: Keith GreigVice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
B. DellerK. Smith
Goal Umpires
K. BarkerB. Pratt
Boundary Umpires
H. FoxK. Mitchell
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Ablett, Geoff | WR | ? | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Bremner, Ian | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Douge, Brian | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | Eade, Rodney | WL | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Goad, Alan | FPR | ? | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | FF | ? | 2 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 31 | Jones, Bernie | BPR | ? | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Knights, Peter | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | CHF | ? | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Matthews, Kelvin | HFFL↓ | ? | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Matthews, Leigh (vc) | RO | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | FPL | ? | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Murnane, Peter | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | O'Halloran, David | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Rice, Leon | SUB | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Rowlings, Barry | C | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 13 | 22 | 283 | 232 | 51 | 78 | 21 | 41 | 45 | |||
P. Murnane replaced K. Matthews during the fourth quarter.
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Burns, John | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cable, Barry | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Chisnall, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Crosswell, Brent | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dawson, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Dench, David (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | Feltham, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 38 | Gumbleton, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Moore, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 10 | 10 | 252 | 175 | 77 | 49 | 33 | 45 | 41 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 8 | D. O'Halloran | 24 | P. Knights | 20 | I. Bremner |
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| 31 | B. Jones | 15 | K. Moore | 11 | B. Douge |
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