1977 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 17 September 1977 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park.
Don Scott captained the hosts.
In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the visitors with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.
Hawthorn (5.15.45) were defeated by North Melbourne (16.16.112).
Match Details
Season:
1977 VFL Season
Round:
Preliminary Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 17 September 1977
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
VFL Park
Attendance:
61,242
Match Results
Outcome:
Hawthorn
def. by
North Melbourne
Score:
5.15.45 - 16.16.112
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 9 | 4 | . | 12 | 5 | . | 15 | 5 | . | 15 | (45) |
| North Melbourne | 4 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 7 | 13 | . | 12 | 16 | . | 16 | 16 | . | 16 | (112) |
| Margin | NMLB by 13 | NMLB by 16 | NMLB by 54 | NMLB by 67 | NMLB by 67 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Don ScottCoach: David Parkin
North Melbourne
Captain: David Dench (acting)Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Ablett, Geoff | WL | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | Ablett, Kevin | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Eade, Rodney | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | HFFL | ? | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Hudson, Peter | FF | ? | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Knights, Peter | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | CHF | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Matthews, Leigh | RO | ? | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | McCarthy, Gerald | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | BPL↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Murnane, Peter | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | O'Halloran, David | HBFR↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 | Paton, Ian | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | Rowlings, Barry | FPL | ? | 0 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | RU | ? | 0 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | Steel, Kelvin | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Trott, Stuart | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | RR | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 5 | 15 | 254 | 210 | 44 | 59 | 24 | 40 | 35 | |||
K. Steel replaced D. O'Halloran during the third quarter.
P. Murnane replaced M. Moncrieff during the fourth quarter.
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Alves, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | Baker, Phil | ? | ? | 2 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cable, Barry | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Crosswell, Brent | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Dench, David (ac) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 30 | Gumbleton, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Montgomery, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Nettlefold, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 16 | 360 | 243 | 117 | 104 | 26 | 35 | 40 | |||
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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| 8 | D. O'Halloran | 24 | P. Knights | 10 | D. Polkinghorne |
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| 28 | S. Trott | 15 | K. Moore | 6 | M. Moncrieff |
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| North Melbourne | Coach: Ron Barassi | ||||||||||||||