1976 VFL Season Round 8: Hawthorn v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1976 between Hawthorn and South Melbourne during round eight of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted South Melbourne at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Hawthorn (20.16.136) defeated South Melbourne (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 7,827

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. South Melbourne
Score: 20.16.136 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 3 9 . 5 14 . 8 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
South Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 6 8 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin SMLB by 6 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 36 HWTH by 60 HWTH by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Vice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: John Kennedy

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 1 26 24 2 4 0 3 3
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 3
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 2 4 23 17 6 2 0 3 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 1 0 24 17 7 5 0 0 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 2 12 9 3 3 5 2 5
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 3 3 21 17 4 4 0 3 3
21 McCarthy, Gerald FF↓ ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 2
30 Meagher, Des SUB↑ ? 1 1 14 13 1 0 0 0 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 4 4 11 11 0 5 0 3 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 9 2 8 0 3 0
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 1 0 14 10 4 1 0 0 1
42 Paton, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
34 Petch, Len BPR ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 13 0 3
13 Rice, Leon BPL ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 2 0 20 15 5 0 0 4 4
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 11 2 5
44 Spark, Graeme HFFR↓ ? 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 0
33 Steel, Kelvin WL ? 1 0 20 16 4 0 0 2 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 1 22 16 6 2 1 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 16 296 233 63 52 31 40 43

D. Meagher replaced G. Spark at three-quarter-time.
I. Paton replaced G. McCarthy during the fourth quarter.

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 3
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 2
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 3
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 1
40 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 3 3
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 4 2 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 3 10 3 3
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 2 2 2 4
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 2 0 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 4 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 2 2 2 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 4 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 2 2 1
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 3 2 22 17 5 2 0 4 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 10 270 211 59 51 20 42 40

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) 30 D. Meagher
19 A. Goad 21 G. McCarthy 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 42 I. Paton
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

HALF-BACK













44 G. Spark 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 22 B. Rowlings 33 K. Steel FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













34 L. Petch 15 K. Moore 13 L. Rice



BACK



South Melbourne Coach: Ian Stewart