1977 VFL Round 1: Hawthorn v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1977 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne during round 1 of the 1977 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Hawthorn
Back: P. Bennett, K. Moore, A. Martello
Half-back: D. Polkinghorne, P. Knights, D. O'Halloran
Centre: P. Murnane, B. Rowlings, G. Ablett
Half-forward: K. Matthews, M. Moncrieff, J. Hendrie
Forward: R. Walter, P. Hudson, A. Goad
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.: A. De Wolde, S. Trott

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

Hawthorn (13.14.92) were defeated by North Melbourne (23.14.152).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (4), L. Matthews (3), A. Goad (2), M. Moncrieff (2), P. Bennett, A. Martello
North Melbourne: W. Schimmelbusch (4), P. Baker (3), A. Briedis (3), B. Cable (3), B. Crosswell (3), M. Blight (2), J. Byrne (2), J. Cassin (2), G. Melrose

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 10th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 20,943

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by North Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 23.14.152

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 8 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
North Melbourne 0 . 3 8 . 9 13 . 10 23 . 14 23 . 14 (152)
Margin HWTH by 32 NMLB by 3 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 60 NMLB by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 2 2
16 Bennett, Peter BPL↓ ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 1 1 2
27 De Wolde, Alle SUB↑ ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 2 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 4
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 0 4 16 12 4 6 1 3 2
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 4 0 10 10 0 4 0 3 0
24 Knights, Peter CHB↓ ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2
14 Martello, Alan BPR ? 1 1 16 14 2 7 11 3 3
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 5 0
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 3 2 18 15 3 7 0 1 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael CHF ? 2 2 9 9 0 1 0 3 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
43 Murnane, Peter WL ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 3 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 4 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 2 4
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 2 15 12 3 1 0 4 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 17 1 3
28 Trott, Stuart SUB↑ ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 1 3
45 Walter, Richard FPL ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 3 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 14 233 187 46 55 33 43 37

A. De Wolde replaced P. Knights during the second quarter.
S. Trott replaced P. Bennett during the third quarter.

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 5 2 0 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 5 28 24 4 11 0 3 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 2 0 0 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 3 0 25 15 10 6 0 2 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 4 0 3 6
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 2 4 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 1 11 10 1 2 2 3 3
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 6 3
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 2 2
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 1 33 25 8 3 0 0 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 22 2 1
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 4 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 4 3 23 21 2 5 0 4 3
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 14 294 214 80 69 31 37 43

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) 27 A. De Wolde
19 A. Goad 1 P. Hudson 45 R. Walter 17 M. Tuck 28 S. Trott
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

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25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 4 K. Matthews



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 22 B. Rowlings 43 P. Murnane FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













14 A. Martello 15 K. Moore 16 P. Bennett



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi