1976 VFL Round 22: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1976 between Geelong and Hawthorn during round 22 of the 1976 VFL season. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at Kardinia Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong
B. Nankervis (capt.), D. Barkley, T. Bright, M. Browne, J. Cassidy, D. Clarke, B. Cousins, H. Davis, L. Donohue, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, G. Landy, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Newman, J. Scarlett, K. Sheehan, M. Turner, A. Woodman, M. Woolnough

Hawthorn
Back: B. Douge, D. O'Halloran, K. Moore
Half-back: D. Polkinghorne, G. McCarthy, I. Bremner
Centre: R. Eade, B. Rowlings, G. Ablett
Half-forward: K. Matthews, A. Martello, J. Hendrie
Forward: B. Jones, M. Moncrieff, D. Fletcher
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Sub.: A. De Wolde, A. Goad

Geelong (13.18.96) defeated Hawthorn (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Geelong: L. Donohue (4), K. Higgins (4), K. Sheehan (2), T. Bright, D. Clarke, B. Cousins
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (6), L. Matthews (2), J. Hendrie, K. Matthews

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 4th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 28 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,916

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Hawthorn
Score: 13.18.96 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 12 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Hawthorn 4 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin HWTH by 13 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rod Olsson (Geelong), John Kennedy (Hawthorn)
Captains: Bruce Nankervis (Geelong), Don Scott (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 9 0 1 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 6 0 1 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 28 19 9 5 0 2 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 3
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 0 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 5 10 9 1 9 0 0 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 4 1 16 13 3 9 0 0 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 3 0 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 7 0 2 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 32 28 4 6 0 5 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 3 0 3 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 15 5 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 3 20 19 1 4 0 3 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 3 17 15 2 6 0 1 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 5 3 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 7 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 18 318 238 80 90 20 34 26

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 1 25 20 5 3 0 3 0
20 Bremner, Ian HBFR ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 1
27 De Wolde, Alle SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 0
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 1 1
39 Fletcher, Don FPR↓ ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 3
19 Goad, Alan SUB↑ ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 1 0 22 17 5 9 0 1 7
31 Jones, Bernie FPL ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 9 2 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 6 4 4
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL↓ ? 1 2 12 9 3 2 0 0 0
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 2 2 16 12 4 3 0 0 1
21 McCarthy, Gerald CHB ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 6 5 15 15 0 5 0 3 2
15 Moore, Kelvin BPR ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 1 2 2
8 O'Halloran, David FB ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 10 1 4
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 20 19 1 4 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 264 214 50 66 26 26 33

A. Goad replaced D. Fletcher during the third quarter.
A. De Wolde replaced K. Matthews 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

Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
11 B. Douge 8 D. O'Halloran 15 K. Moore













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 D. Polkinghorne 21 G. McCarthy 20 I. Bremner













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 27 A. De Wolde
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 19 A. Goad
4 K. Matthews 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 B. Jones 6 M. Moncrieff 39 D. Fletcher













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy