1977 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1977 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round ten of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Melbourne (16.19.115) were defeated by Hawthorn (19.13.127).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 4 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,586

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 16.19.115 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 8 8 . 8 12 . 14 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Hawthorn 6 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 13 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin HWTH by 7 level MELB by 1 HWTH by 12 HWTH by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 5 3 16 16 0 7 0 0 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 6 17 11 6 4 0 1 1
15 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 2
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 5 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 5 2 1 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 0
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 7 0 0 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 2 1 21 16 5 4 0 6 2
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 0 0 2 0
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 4 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 2 22 17 5 5 0 1 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 7 12 7 0
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 1 5 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 5 0 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 5 4
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 1 0 1 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 28 25 3 6 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 19 289 228 61 70 15 44 25

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 3 20 19 1 4 0 1 2
26 Eade, Rodney SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 2 1 14 12 2 6 0 0 4
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 8 1 15 13 2 5 0 0 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 0
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 9 1 2
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFR ? 0 3 16 14 2 3 0 1 3
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 3 1 41 29 12 2 0 4 2
21 McCarthy, Gerald SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPR ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 4 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 2
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 1 2
42 Paton, Ian BPR↓ ? 1 0 14 6 8 6 2 1 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 2
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 2 4
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 5 1 15 14 1 3 0 1 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 11 2 5
28 Trott, Stuart FPL↓ ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 2 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 0 2
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 13 286 223 63 53 22 25 44

R. Eade replaced S. Trott during the third quarter.
G. McCarthy replaced I. Paton 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

Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 42 I. Paton













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 22 B. Rowlings 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 26 R. Eade
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 21 G. McCarthy
25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 4 K. Matthews 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 S. Trott 1 P. Hudson 6 M. Moncrieff













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin