1976 VFL Season Round 18: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1976 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Hawthorn (16.17.113) defeated Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 7,567

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 16.17.113 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 3 8 . 7 10 . 11 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 11 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin MELB by 2 HWTH by 1 MELB by 12 HWTH by 18 HWTH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 2 22 22 0 4 0 0 2
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 2
11 Douge, Brian SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 1 1 12 9 3 0 0 2 0
19 Goad, Alan HFFR ? 2 3 16 10 6 2 0 1 5
41 Harrison, Glenn BPL ? 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 0 3
25 Hendrie, John FPR ? 5 1 25 21 4 9 0 3 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 25 18 7 4 12 1 2
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL↓ ? 2 2 15 13 2 7 0 3 3
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 3 1 9 8 1 0 0 3 4
21 McCarthy, Gerald CHB ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 0 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 1 2 7 5 2 2 1 2 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 0
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 2
34 Petch, Len SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
13 Rice, Leon C ? 0 1 22 17 5 1 1 1 3
22 Rowlings, Barry FPL ? 0 1 14 12 2 1 0 0 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU↓ ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 15 3 3
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 1 24 19 5 4 0 5 4
12 Welsh, Peter BPR ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 6 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 17 273 209 64 52 29 35 46

L. Petch replaced D. Scott during the third quarter.
B. Douge replaced K. Matthews during the fourth quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 5 0 0 3
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 4 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 0 21 16 5 2 0 10 4
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 0 0 5 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 9 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 2 0 5 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 4 0 2 1
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 4 0 0 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 6 0 0 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 9 0 1
38 O'Keefe, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 1
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 4 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 3 2 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 3 2 4 3
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 8 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 250 200 50 65 21 46 35

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
25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 22 B. Rowlings 17 M. Tuck 34 L. Petch
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

HALF-BACK













19 A. Goad 14 A. Martello 4 K. Matthews



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













26 R. Eade 13 L. Rice 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 21 G. McCarthy 20 I. Bremner



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 41 G. Harrison



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton