1976 VFL Season Round 20: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1976 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round twenty of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. In the absence of Don Scott, vice-captain Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Fitzroy (12.19.91) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 14 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,417

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.19.91 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 3 7 . 11 10 . 14 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Hawthorn 8 . 2 10 . 4 12 . 9 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin HWTH by 29 HWTH by 11 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 3 HWTH by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews (acting)
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 8 22 5 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 3 5 1 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 4 2
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 3 2 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 1 1 5
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 0 3 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 4 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 4 0
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 2
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 2 8 8 0 4 1 0 0
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 5 0 2 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 1 2 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 3 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 5 10 9 1 4 0 4 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 4 34 28 6 6 0 5 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 19 288 219 69 74 30 50 30

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 1 13 12 1 1 0 1 1
40 Bennett, Peter HFFR↓ ? 0 2 10 8 2 1 0 2 0
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 1
11 Douge, Brian HBFR ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 4 0
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 2 3
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 1 0 23 10 13 2 0 3 5
25 Hendrie, John FPL ? 3 3 20 17 3 8 0 0 2
31 Jones, Bernie BPR ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 11 0 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF↓ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 2 1 22 15 7 2 0 2 6
3 Matthews, Leigh (ac) RO ? 2 0 26 17 9 5 0 3 3
30 Meagher, Des SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 5 2 15 12 3 7 0 0 5
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 2
8 O'Halloran, David CHB ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 0 1 5
34 Petch, Len RU ? 0 0 7 2 5 4 14 1 5
13 Rice, Leon BPL ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 0 25 20 5 3 0 3 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 27 21 6 3 1 4 4
12 Welsh, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 10 308 220 88 58 26 30 50

P. Welsh replaced A. Martello during the second 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

Fitzroy Coach: Kevin Rose
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
13 L. Rice 15 K. Moore 31 B. Jones













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 I. Bremner 8 D. O'Halloran 11 B. Douge













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 R. Eade 22 B. Rowlings 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 L. Petch 30 D. Meagher
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 12 P. Welsh
4 K. Matthews 14 A. Martello 40 P. Bennett 3 L. Matthews (ac)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 19 A. Goad













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy