1976 VFL Round 14: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1976 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round 14 of the 1976 VFL season.
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
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Blair, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, J. Gieschen, R. Huppatz, M. Kelly, I. Low, P. Munro, R. Murrie, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Salmon, A. Smedts, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
Hawthorn
Back:
P. Welsh, K. Moore, G. McCarthy
Half-back:
D. Polkinghorne, P. Knights, D. O'Halloran
Centre:
G. Ablett, B. Rowlings, L. Rice
Half-forward:
A. Goad, A. Martello, P. Bennett
Forward:
M. Moncrieff, L. Petch, D. Fletcher
Follower:
D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Sub.:
D. Meagher, I. Paton
Footscray (5.7.37) were defeated by Hawthorn (17.15.117).
Goalkickers
Footscray: T. Whitten (2), I. Dunstan, J. Gieschen, R. Murrie
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (6), L. Matthews (5), A. Goad (2), G. Ablett, A. Martello, L. Rice, D. Scott
As a result of this match, Footscray remained 5th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bill Goggin
(Footscray),
John Kennedy
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Laurie Sandilands
(Footscray),
Don Scott
(Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Footscray),
Leigh Matthews
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 12 | P. Welsh | 15 | K. Moore | 21 | G. McCarthy |
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| 10 | D. Polkinghorne | 24 | P. Knights | 8 | D. O'Halloran |
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| 2 | G. Ablett | 22 | B. Rowlings | 13 | L. Rice |
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| 19 | A. Goad | 14 | A. Martello | 40 | P. Bennett | 3 | L. Matthews (vc) |
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| 6 | M. Moncrieff | 34 | L. Petch | 39 | D. Fletcher |
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