1976 VFL Qualifying Final: Hawthorn v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1976 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the qualifying 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: D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, I. Bremner
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.: I. Paton, 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, S. Icke, P. Keenan, S. Kekovich, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, R. Ramsay, W. Schimmelbusch

Hawthorn (14.19.103) defeated North Melbourne (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (7), A. Martello (2), D. Scott (2), A. Goad, J. Hendrie, M. Moncrieff
North Melbourne: J. Burns (2), S. Icke (2), S. Kekovich (2), G. Melrose (2), M. Blight, M. Dawson, D. Dench, W. Schimmelbusch

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

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 September 1976
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 64,148

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.19.103 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 6 5 . 10 13 . 13 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
North Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin NMLB by 3 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 36 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 20
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: I. Robinson, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 2 20 17 3 1 0 2 2
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 2
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 1
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 0 2 1
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 1 1 21 12 9 1 0 2 2
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 1 2 31 20 11 10 0 2 0
31 Jones, Bernie BPR ? 0 1 10 3 7 3 5 0 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 5 0
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 0 18 14 4 2 7 2 2
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 1 5
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 7 6 33 31 2 7 0 3 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 1 2 6 6 0 3 0 1 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 0
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0
42 Paton, Ian SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HFFR ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 3
13 Rice, Leon SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 1 23 20 3 4 0 2 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 2 1 19 10 9 4 15 3 5
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 1 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 19 306 227 79 59 28 34 29

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 4 17 11 6 7 0 1 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 1 0 1 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 2 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 1 1
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 1 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 2 2
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 1 0 16 6 10 0 0 3 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 2 0 1 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 5 16 1 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 4 9 2 1
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 5 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 11 273 198 75 53 25 29 34

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) 42 I. Paton
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



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



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20 I. Bremner 24 P. Knights 8 D. O'Halloran



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31 B. Jones 15 K. Moore 11 B. Douge



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North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi