1976 VFL Round 5: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1976 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 5 of the 1976 VFL season. 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
G. Moss (capt.), K. Fletcher (vice-capt.), R. Andrews, B. Berry, G. Blethyn, G. Burdett, N. Fields, B. Grinter, D. Hartigan, G. Hatcher, P. Hickmott, S. Madden, L. Moloney, G. Parkes, K. Roberts, R. Shaw, B. Walsh, L. Watson, P. Wellington, A. Wilson

Hawthorn
Back: P. Welsh, K. Moore, B. Jones
Half-back: D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre: S. Trott, B. Rowlings, G. Ablett
Half-forward: A. De Wolde, A. Martello, D. Meagher
Forward: J. Hendrie, M. Moncrieff, A. Goad
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Sub.: S. Murphy, L. Petch

Essendon (10.15.75) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.10.94).

Goalkickers
Essendon: G. Blethyn (4), G. Moss (2), B. Berry, N. Fields, L. Moloney, K. Roberts
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (5), D. Scott (3), S. Trott (2), A. De Wolde, J. Hendrie, B. Jones, D. Meagher

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 10th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.15.75 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Stephen (Essendon), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Graham Moss (Essendon), Don Scott (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: Ken Fletcher (Essendon), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, M. Dye

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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 31 B. Jones













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 S. Trott 22 B. Rowlings 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 19 A. Goad













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy