1977 VFL Qualifying Final: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1977 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the qualifying final of the 1977 VFL season.
Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at MCG.
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:
P. Welsh, K. Moore, M. Moncrieff
Half-back:
D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre:
G. Ablett, R. Eade, K. Ablett
Half-forward:
J. Hendrie, A. Martello, L. Rice
Forward:
B. Rowlings, P. Hudson, I. Paton
Follower:
D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.:
G. McCarthy, S. Trott
North Melbourne
D. Dench (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), S. Alves, M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, B. Cable, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, C. Davis, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, M. Nolan, R. Smith, X. Tanner
Hawthorn (19.11.125) defeated North Melbourne (12.15.87).
Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (6), L. Matthews (4), J. Hendrie (3), K. Ablett (2), P. Knights, A. Martello, I. Paton, D. Polkinghorne
North Melbourne: C. Davis (3), B. Cable (2), J. Cassin (2), A. Briedis, J. Byrne, B. Crosswell, D. Dench, T. Moore
As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced Collingwood in the second semi final and North Melbourne faced Richmond in the first semi final.
Match Details
Season:
1977 VFL Season
Round:
Qualifying Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 3 September 1977
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
64,068
Match Results
Outcome:
Hawthorn
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
19.11.125 - 12.15.87
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 4 | . | 5 | 8 | . | 5 | 14 | . | 11 | 19 | . | 11 | 19 | . | 11 | (125) |
| North Melbourne | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 9 | 6 | . | 12 | 12 | . | 15 | 12 | . | 15 | (87) |
| Margin | HWTH by 15 | HWTH by 14 | HWTH by 47 | HWTH by 38 | HWTH by 38 | |||||||||||
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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:
I. Robinson,
J. Sutcliffe,
E:
G. Polites
Umpire Replacement:
G. Polites replaced I. Robinson
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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 35 | Ablett, Kevin | WR | ? | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Eade, Rodney | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | HFFL | ? | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Hudson, Peter | FF | ? | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | Knights, Peter | CHB | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | CHF↓ | ? | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Matthews, Leigh | RO | ? | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | McCarthy, Gerald | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | O'Halloran, David | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | Paton, Ian | FPR | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HBFR | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Rice, Leon | HFFR | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Rowlings, Barry | FPL↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | Trott, Stuart | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | RR | ? | 0 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | Welsh, Peter | BPL | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 19 | 11 | 292 | 223 | 69 | 57 | 39 | 37 | 34 | |||
G. McCarthy replaced A. Martello during the fourth quarter.
S. Trott replaced B. Rowlings 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 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Cable, Barry | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Crosswell, Brent | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | Davis, Craig | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Dench, David (ac) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Gumbleton, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Montgomery, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Moore, Terry | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | Smith, Rob | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 15 | 318 | 225 | 93 | 62 | 32 | 34 | 37 | |||
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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