1976 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1976 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round fourteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (5.7.37) were defeated by Hawthorn (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 3 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,307

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 5.7.37 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 3 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Hawthorn 5 . 4 9 . 6 16 . 14 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin HWTH by 34 HWTH by 46 HWTH by 89 HWTH by 80 HWTH by 80
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Hawthorn

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
G. Williams

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 3 0 0 2
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 13 21 5 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 5 0 2 1
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 3 0 5 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 3 4
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 5 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 4 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 5 2 2 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 3 4
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 8 2 3 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 4 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 7 284 207 77 81 25 44 29

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 1 21 18 3 2 0 2 3
40 Bennett, Peter HFFR↓ ? 0 1 22 19 3 3 5 1 1
39 Fletcher, Don FPR ? 0 1 22 20 2 1 0 2 4
19 Goad, Alan HFFL ? 2 0 23 13 10 1 0 2 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB↓ ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 22 21 1 6 0 2 0
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 5 1 20 18 2 4 0 1 3
21 McCarthy, Gerald BPR ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 1
30 Meagher, Des SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 6 3 17 13 4 5 0 0 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 2 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 2 5
42 Paton, Ian SUB↑ ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 0
34 Petch, Len FF ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 8 5 5
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 1 15 12 3 5 0 2 1
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 1 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 0 19 18 1 1 0 0 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 15 7 8 3 10 2 3
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 2 24 18 6 4 0 0 6
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 15 320 251 69 58 23 29 44

I. Paton replaced P. Knights during the first quarter.
D. Meagher replaced P. Bennett 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

Footscray Coach: Bill Goggin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 21 G. McCarthy













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 22 B. Rowlings 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 30 D. Meagher
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 42 I. Paton
19 A. Goad 14 A. Martello 40 P. Bennett 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 M. Moncrieff 34 L. Petch 39 D. Fletcher













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy