1976 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1976 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round seven of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the 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 (14.13.97) were defeated by Hawthorn (21.19.145).

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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