1977 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1977 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Richmond (19.6.120) defeated Hawthorn (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Monday 11 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 42,192

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Hawthorn
Score: 19.6.120 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 3 11 . 5 14 . 6 19 . 6 19 . 6 (120)
Hawthorn 4 . 5 5 . 7 11 . 9 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin HWTH by 20 RICH by 34 RICH by 15 RICH by 1 RICH by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Barry Richardson

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 3 20 ? ?
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 0 25 24 1 7 0 ? ?
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 ? ?
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 ? ?
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 8 0 ? ?
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 8 0 ? ?
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 ? ?
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 ? ?
23 Hummel, Jon ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 ? ?
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 ? ?
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 ? ?
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 4 0 13 11 2 3 0 ? ?
28 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 ? ?
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 ? ?
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 2 0 ? ?
3 Pitura, John ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 5 0 ? ?
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 4 0 ? ?
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 1 0 ? ?
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 ? ?
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 4 0 ? ?
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 6 291 220 71 70 20 0+ 0+

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 1 32 25 7 6 0 ? ?
27 De Wolde, Alle SUB↑ ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 ? ?
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 ? ?
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 3 1 18 15 3 2 0 ? ?
25 Hendrie, John HBFR ? 3 2 21 15 6 5 0 ? ?
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 5 0 7 5 2 3 0 ? ?
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 2 21 20 1 8 0 ? ?
4 Matthews, Kelvin BPL ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 ? ?
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 5 2 25 21 4 5 0 ? ?
21 McCarthy, Gerald BPR ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 ? ?
6 Moncrieff, Michael HFFR ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 ? ?
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 ? ?
43 Murnane, Peter HFFL↓ ? 1 0 19 12 7 2 0 ? ?
8 O'Halloran, David CHB ? 0 0 15 4 11 9 0 ? ?
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 ? ?
13 Rice, Leon SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ? ?
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 1 20 16 4 1 0 ? ?
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 28 ? ?
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 24 21 3 2 0 ? ?
45 Walter, Richard FPL↓ ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 17 17 279 211 68 56 28 0+ 0+

A. De Wolde replaced R. Walter during the third quarter.
L. Rice replaced P. Murnane 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

Richmond Coach: Barry Richardson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 K. Matthews 15 K. Moore 21 G. McCarthy













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 D. Polkinghorne 8 D. O'Halloran 25 J. Hendrie













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 13 L. Rice
43 P. Murnane 14 A. Martello 6 M. Moncrieff 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



45 R. Walter 1 P. Hudson 19 A. Goad













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin