1976 VFL Season Round 9: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1976 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Hawthorn (18.15.123) defeated Fitzroy (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 29 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 8,971

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.15.123 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 4 11 . 9 15 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 6 . 8 12 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin HWTH by 19 HWTH by 31 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 27 HWTH by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

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

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 2
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 2
11 Douge, Brian SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 1 1 21 14 7 4 0 3 5
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 0 0 6
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 1 4 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 12 11 1 3 15 2 3
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 4 4 32 27 5 3 0 2 4
21 McCarthy, Gerald SUB↑ ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
30 Meagher, Des HFFR ? 1 1 23 23 0 3 0 0 6
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 6 5 12 11 1 3 0 3 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 3
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 2 0 4
34 Petch, Len FPL↓ ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 5 0 3
13 Rice, Leon BPL ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 2 1
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 0 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 10 2 7
33 Steel, Kelvin WL ? 0 2 22 12 10 3 0 3 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 3 0 20 15 5 3 0 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 15 287 231 56 57 33 31 59

G. McCarthy replaced L. Petch.

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 17 4 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 0 0 3 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 0 4 2 0
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 6 2
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 4 5 2 2
37 Goonan, Leon ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 1 0 3 2
23 Harrington, Dan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 1 0 4 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 2
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 2 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 1 29 27 2 3 0 8 5
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 4 0 2 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 3
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 4 0 4 2
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 2 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 3 1 0 2
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 1 22 17 5 1 0 7 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 281 221 60 43 28 60 31

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) 11 B. Douge
19 A. Goad 6 M. Moncrieff 34 L. Petch 17 M. Tuck 21 G. McCarthy
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

HALF-BACK













30 D. Meagher 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













42 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 13 L. Rice



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Kevin Rose