1976 VFL 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 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at 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
Back: B. Douge, K. Moore, B. Jones
Half-back: I. Bremner, P. Knights, D. O'Halloran
Centre: R. Eade, B. Rowlings, G. Ablett
Half-forward: K. Matthews, A. Martello, D. Polkinghorne
Forward: M. Moncrieff, J. Hendrie, A. Goad
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Sub.: P. Murnane, L. Rice

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), M. Blight, J. Burns, J. Byrne, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, M. Dawson, P. Feltham, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, P. Keenan, G. Melrose, T. Moore, M. Nolan, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Sutton

Hawthorn (13.22.100) defeated North Melbourne (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (3), A. Goad (2), J. Hendrie (2), K. Matthews (2), A. Martello, L. Matthews, B. Rowlings, D. Scott
North Melbourne: J. Burns (2), B. Cable (2), S. Icke (2), J. Byrne, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, G. Melrose

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and North Melbourne were the runners-up.

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
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), David Dench (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, K. Smith
Goal Umpire: K. Barker, B. Pratt
Boundary Umpire: H. Fox, K. Mitchell

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott (c) 43 P. Murnane
19 A. Goad 25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 13 L. Rice
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

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10 D. Polkinghorne 14 A. Martello 4 K. Matthews



HALF-FORWARD



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2 G. Ablett 22 B. Rowlings 26 R. Eade FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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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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North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi