1976 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1976 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round five of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League.
Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill.
Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain.
Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.
Essendon (10.15.75) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.10.94).
Match Details
Season:
1976 VFL Season
Round:
Round 5
Teams:
Essendon
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 1 May 1976
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
14,389
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 0 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 7 | 7 | . | 10 | 10 | . | 15 | 10 | . | 15 | (75) |
| Hawthorn | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 6 | 14 | . | 10 | 14 | . | 10 | (94) |
| Margin | HWTH by 6 | ESSE by 3 | HWTH by 8 | HWTH by 19 | HWTH by 19 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Essendon
Captain: Graham MossVice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen
Hawthorn
Captain: Don ScottVice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: John Kennedy
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 35 | Berry, Bill | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Blethyn, Geoff | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 45 | Burdett, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 18 | Grinter, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | Hartigan, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Hatcher, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Hickmott, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham (c) | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Roberts, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Shaw, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Walsh, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | Watson, Larry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 | Wellington, Pat | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Wilson, Andy | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 10 | 15 | 258 | 211 | 47 | 70 | 9 | 61 | 36 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Ablett, Geoff | WR | ? | 0 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | De Wolde, Alle | HFFL | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Goad, Alan | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | FPL | ? | 1 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Jones, Bernie | BPR | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Knights, Peter | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | CHF | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Matthews, Leigh (vc) | RO↓ | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Meagher, Des | HFFR | ? | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | FF | ? | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Murphy, Shane | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | O'Halloran, David | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Petch, Len | SUB | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Rowlings, Barry | C | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | RU | ? | 3 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 | Trott, Stuart | WL | ? | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | RR | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Welsh, Peter | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 10 | 240 | 192 | 48 | 51 | 34 | 36 | 61 | |||
S. Murphy replaced L. Matthews during the second quarter.
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
| Essendon | Coach: Bill Stephen | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 | P. Welsh | 15 | K. Moore | 31 | B. Jones |
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| 8 | D. O'Halloran | 24 | P. Knights | 10 | D. Polkinghorne |
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| 28 | S. Trott | 22 | B. Rowlings | 2 | G. Ablett |
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| CENTRE | 23 | D. Scott (c) | 32 | S. Murphy | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 17 | M. Tuck | 34 | L. Petch | |||||||||||
| 27 | A. De Wolde | 14 | A. Martello | 30 | D. Meagher | 3 | L. Matthews (vc) |
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| 25 | J. Hendrie | 6 | M. Moncrieff | 19 | A. Goad |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: John Kennedy | ||||||||||||||