1976 VFL Season Round 4: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1976 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round four of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Hawthorn (14.20.104) defeated Footscray (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,040

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 14.20.104 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 6 6 . 11 10 . 15 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Footscray 4 . 1 7 . 2 12 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin FOOT by 7 HWTH by 3 FOOT by 4 HWTH by 12 HWTH by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 2 2
20 Bremner, Ian FB↓ ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1
27 De Wolde, Alle FPR ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 1
11 Douge, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
19 Goad, Alan RO ? 1 1 20 13 7 2 1 1 3
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 2 2 23 15 8 6 0 2 1
31 Jones, Bernie BPL ? 3 0 10 5 5 3 5 1 0
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 1 17 16 1 4 9 2 4
21 McCarthy, Gerald SUB↑ ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 1 0
30 Meagher, Des HFFL ? 1 2 17 14 3 0 0 2 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 2 3 11 10 1 5 1 1 1
32 Murphy, Shane FPL ? 1 6 13 9 4 1 0 2 4
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 4 0
13 Rice, Leon WL↓ ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 5
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 2 0 16 13 3 1 0 4 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 1 7 5 2 0 15 2 0
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 21 16 5 1 1 3 5
12 Welsh, Peter BPR ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 20 279 210 69 47 33 34 37

G. McCarthy replaced I. Bremner at three-quarter-time.
B. Douge replaced L. Rice during the fourth quarter.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 0
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 3 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 1 5 3
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 3 3
13 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 3 2 22 17 5 6 0 2 2
6 Lynch, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 4 2
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 6 5 0 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 4 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 8 5 0 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 3 0 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 4 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 3 12 11 1 6 0 1 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 5 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 6 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 8 269 197 72 66 19 37 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) 11 B. Douge
27 A. De Wolde 6 M. Moncrieff 32 S. Murphy 17 M. Tuck 21 G. McCarthy
FORWARD 19 A. Goad

HALF-BACK













25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 30 D. Meagher



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 22 B. Rowlings 13 L. Rice FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













12 P. Welsh 20 I. Bremner 31 B. Jones



BACK



Footscray Coach: Bill Goggin