1976 VFL Season Round 16: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1976 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Hawthorn (15.17.107) were defeated by Essendon (18.15.123).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,579

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 15.17.107 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 6 7 . 10 12 . 11 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Essendon 4 . 4 8 . 7 17 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

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

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL↓ ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 0
40 Bennett, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 Douge, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 0
39 Fletcher, Don FPR ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 0 4
19 Goad, Alan HFFR ? 3 3 26 20 6 1 0 2 3
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 2 3 23 19 4 8 0 3 2
31 Jones, Bernie FPL ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 8 0 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 6 1 5
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 5 3 16 13 3 5 0 3 2
21 McCarthy, Gerald BPR ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 1 1 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 3 4 12 11 1 8 0 0 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 20 10 10 7 0 3 2
42 Paton, Ian CHB↓ ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 1 1 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 0
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 0 24 16 8 2 0 3 2
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 0
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 19 12 7 6 15 2 6
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 22 14 8 3 2 3 3
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 17 300 218 82 60 33 30 36

P. Bennett replaced G. Ablett during the fourth quarter.
B. Douge replaced I. Paton during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 3 2 6 3
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 1 4
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 7 0 0 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 11 0 2 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 1 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 2 5 0 0
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 3 0 21 11 10 10 9 5 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 6 0 3 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 5 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 2 24 23 1 5 0 2 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 1 0 1
17 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 0 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 1 0 4 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 4 2 25 20 5 3 0 1 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 18 15 288 214 74 75 19 36 30

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) 40 P. Bennett
39 D. Fletcher 6 M. Moncrieff 31 B. Jones 17 M. Tuck 11 B. Douge
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

HALF-BACK













19 A. Goad 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













13 L. Rice 22 B. Rowlings 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













10 D. Polkinghorne 42 I. Paton 8 D. O'Halloran



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













21 G. McCarthy 15 K. Moore 12 P. Welsh



BACK



Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen