1976 VFL Round 2: Hawthorn v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1976 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne during round 2 of the 1976 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at Princes Park. 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. Jones, K. Moore, P. Welsh
Half-back: A. De Wolde, P. Knights, D. O'Halloran
Centre: S. Murphy, B. Rowlings, P. Murnane
Half-forward: D. Meagher, A. Martello, K. Matthews
Forward: A. Goad, M. Moncrieff, J. Hendrie
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Sub.: L. Petch, D. Polkinghorne

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), M. Blight, A. Briedis, R. Briedis, J. Byrne, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, G. Cowton, P. Feltham, G. Gray, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, P. Keenan, S. Kekovich, G. Melrose, T. Moore, J. Moylan, W. Schimmelbusch

Hawthorn (20.11.131) defeated North Melbourne (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (7), L. Matthews (5), A. Martello (2), K. Matthews (2), D. Meagher (2), A. Goad, M. Tuck
North Melbourne: G. Melrose (5), P. Feltham (2), P. Keenan (2), S. Kekovich (2), W. Schimmelbusch (2), B. Cable, K. Greig, T. Moore

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and North Melbourne remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 15,479

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.11.131 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 0 14 . 2 18 . 7 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
North Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 6 14 . 8 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin HWTH by 3 HWTH by 32 HWTH by 23 HWTH by 22 HWTH by 22
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: M. Dye, N. Nash

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 De Wolde, Alle HBFL ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 2
19 Goad, Alan FPL↓ ? 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 1
25 Hendrie, John FPR ? 0 1 20 12 8 7 0 2 4
31 Jones, Bernie BPL ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 9 3 0
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 1 3 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 0 11 7 4 3 14 3 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFR ? 2 1 13 10 3 3 0 4 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 5 1 25 23 2 6 0 2 2
30 Meagher, Des HFFL ? 2 2 19 18 1 2 0 3 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 7 2 16 14 2 10 0 2 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
43 Murnane, Peter WR ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 2 2
32 Murphy, Shane WL ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 3
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 0 1
34 Petch, Len SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Polkinghorne, David SUB↑ ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 1
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 1 18 17 1 0 0 2 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 21 1 4
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 25 24 1 2 1 2 2
12 Welsh, Peter BPR ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 11 273 220 53 58 46 32 38

D. Polkinghorne replaced A. Goad at three-quarter-time.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 1 26 24 2 5 3 6 0
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 4 0 1 5
50 Briedis, Robert ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 4 1
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 1 0 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 1 2 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 4 0 2 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 2 0 3 1
25 Gray, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 2 0 2 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 3 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 0 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 3
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 7 22 0 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 4 0 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 5 2 22 20 2 4 0 2 2
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 5 7 4 1
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 2 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 13 281 217 64 64 34 38 32

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) 34 L. Petch
25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 19 A. Goad 17 M. Tuck 10 D. Polkinghorne
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

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4 K. Matthews 14 A. Martello 30 D. Meagher



HALF-FORWARD



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43 P. Murnane 22 B. Rowlings 32 S. Murphy FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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8 D. O'Halloran 24 P. Knights 27 A. De Wolde



HALF-BACK



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12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 31 B. Jones



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi