1977 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1977 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round seven of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Footscray (8.13.61) were defeated by Hawthorn (20.11.131).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 14 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,935

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 8.13.61 - 20.11.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 2 . 6 3 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Hawthorn 4 . 7 10 . 7 17 . 11 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
Margin HWTH by 31 HWTH by 49 HWTH by 86 HWTH by 70 HWTH by 70
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Hawthorn

Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 1
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 7 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 11 21 6 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 2 25 19 6 5 0 1 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 2 15 15 0 8 0 1 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 0
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 3 22 17 5 5 0 5 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 1 0 2 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 1 0 4 4
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 2 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 1 0 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 8 0 2 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 2 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 3 0 4 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 3 2 12 10 2 6 0 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 13 304 220 84 69 26 49 27

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR↓ ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 2 3
35 Ablett, Kevin SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
26 Eade, Rodney SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 1 2 24 12 12 1 0 0 4
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 5 0 17 14 3 6 0 3 0
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 6 3 14 9 5 5 0 1 3
31 Jones, Bernie RU ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 8 0 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 3 2 24 22 2 12 18 1 6
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFR↓ ? 1 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 3
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) RO ? 1 1 24 18 6 4 0 2 3
21 McCarthy, Gerald CHB ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 2 3 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 2 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 0 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 2
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 1 1 16 13 3 6 2 1 5
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 3 2
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 2 0 21 18 3 1 0 4 1
28 Trott, Stuart WL ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 4
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 11 313 224 89 74 30 27 49

K. Ablett replaced G. Ablett during the fourth quarter.
R. Eade replaced K. Matthews 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

Footscray Coach: Bill Goggin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 42 I. Paton













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



8 D. O'Halloran 21 G. McCarthy 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 S. Trott 22 B. Rowlings 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 B. Jones 35 K. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 26 R. Eade
25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 4 K. Matthews 3 L. Matthews (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 M. Moncrieff 1 P. Hudson 19 A. Goad













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin