1976 VFL Round 7: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1976 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 7 of the 1976 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), G. Baker, R. Biffin, R. Brewer, D. Campbell, H. Coles, A. Davis, A. Dullard, S. Fitzsimmons, R. Flower, L. Fowler, F. Giampaolo, C. Graham, G. Hardeman, P. Keays, M. Lyons, G. Osborne, R. Smith, S. Smith, G. Wells

Hawthorn
Back: P. Welsh, K. Moore, L. Petch
Half-back: D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, I. Bremner
Centre: P. Murnane, B. Rowlings, G. Ablett
Half-forward: J. Hendrie, A. Martello, G. Spark
Forward: G. McCarthy, M. Moncrieff, K. Steel
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, A. Goad
Sub.: D. Meagher, I. Paton

Melbourne (14.13.97) were defeated by Hawthorn (21.19.145).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Alves (2), R. Brewer (2), D. Campbell (2), A. Davis (2), S. Smith (2), G. Wells (2), G. Baker, F. Giampaolo
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (9), A. Goad (2), D. Scott (2), G. Spark (2), M. Tuck (2), G. Ablett, A. Martello, P. Murnane, K. Steel

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 5th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 15 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,876

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 14.13.97 - 21.19.145

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 5 12 . 9 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Hawthorn 1 . 4 9 . 7 13 . 14 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
Margin MELB by 18 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 11 HWTH by 48 HWTH by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Skilton (Melbourne), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Stan Alves (Melbourne), Don Scott (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Fellows, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 3 21 15 6 6 0 2 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 10 7 3 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 6 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 3 14 8 6 4 0 1 0
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 3 21 15 6 4 0 1 0
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 3 0 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 5 0 3 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 7 0 3 0
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 1
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 1 4 1
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 3
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 3 9 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 0 21 20 1 5 0 8 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 263 206 57 64 17 40 20

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 1 33 27 6 4 0 2 3
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 0
19 Goad, Alan RO ? 2 3 21 13 8 3 0 1 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 1 30 14 16 10 0 0 4
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 0 0
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 25 22 3 5 5 2 2
21 McCarthy, Gerald FPL ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 0
30 Meagher, Des SUB↑ ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 9 2 17 16 1 3 0 3 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 0
43 Murnane, Peter WL↓ ? 1 1 10 8 2 0 0 0 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 2
42 Paton, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Petch, Len BPR ? 0 1 5 3 2 3 7 1 2
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 1 0 4
23 Scott, Don (c) RU↓ ? 2 1 13 7 6 2 13 0 3
44 Spark, Graeme HFFR ? 2 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 3
33 Steel, Kelvin FPR ? 1 0 16 8 8 1 0 0 6
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 2 32 24 8 5 0 2 2
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 21 19 321 228 93 61 26 20 40

D. Meagher replaced P. Murnane.
I. Paton replaced D. Scott during the fourth 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

Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 34 L. Petch













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 P. Murnane 22 B. Rowlings 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 30 D. Meagher
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 42 I. Paton
25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 44 G. Spark 19 A. Goad











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 G. McCarthy 6 M. Moncrieff 33 K. Steel













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy