1977 VFL 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 VFL season. 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
Back: M. Moncrieff, K. Moore, S. Trott
Half-back: D. Polkinghorne, P. Knights, D. O'Halloran
Centre: G. Ablett, R. Eade, K. Ablett
Half-forward: J. Hendrie, A. Martello, G. McCarthy
Forward: B. Rowlings, P. Hudson, I. Paton
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.: P. Murnane, K. Steel

North Melbourne
D. Dench (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), S. Alves, P. Baker, M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, B. Cable, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, P. Keenan, S. McCann, K. Montgomery, B. Nettlefold, D. Sutton, X. Tanner

Hawthorn (5.15.45) were defeated by North Melbourne (16.16.112).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (2), J. Hendrie, P. Hudson, M. Tuck
North Melbourne: A. Briedis (3), B. Cable (3), P. Baker (2), M. Blight (2), S. Icke (2), X. Tanner (2), J. Byrne, J. Cassin

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall) and North Melbourne faced Collingwood in the grand final.

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
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), David Dench (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Smith, J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott (c) 43 P. Murnane
42 I. Paton 1 P. Hudson 22 B. Rowlings 17 M. Tuck 33 K. Steel
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













21 G. McCarthy 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













35 K. Ablett 26 R. Eade 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













28 S. Trott 15 K. Moore 6 M. Moncrieff



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi