1977 VFL Season Round 11: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1977 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round eleven of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Hawthorn (23.25.163) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Monday 13 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 26,770

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 23.25.163 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 8 12 . 13 16 . 22 23 . 25 23 . 25 (163)
Essendon 0 . 2 3 . 6 6 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin HWTH by 36 HWTH by 61 HWTH by 74 HWTH by 106 HWTH by 106
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 ? 22 15 7 6 ? ? ?
35 Ablett, Kevin HFFR ? 0 ? 25 19 6 3 ? ? ?
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 8 ? 18 16 2 8 ? ? ?
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 1 ? 22 17 5 5 ? ? ?
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 ? 21 17 4 5 ? ? ?
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 5 ? 37 27 10 6 ? ? ?
21 McCarthy, Gerald SUB↑ ? 0 ? 2 1 1 0 ? ? ?
6 Moncrieff, Michael BPR ? 0 ? 7 6 1 3 ? ? ?
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 ? 14 13 1 8 ? ? ?
43 Murnane, Peter C ? 0 ? 21 15 6 4 ? ? ?
32 Murphy, Shane HFFL ? 4 ? 17 12 5 2 ? ? ?
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 ? 16 9 7 6 ? ? ?
42 Paton, Ian FPL ? 1 ? 16 6 10 6 ? ? ?
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 ? 8 6 2 2 ? ? ?
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 0 ? 18 13 5 1 ? ? ?
22 Rowlings, Barry FPR↓ ? 2 ? 20 18 2 2 ? ? ?
23 Scott, Don (c) RU↓ ? 0 ? 12 7 5 0 ? ? ?
28 Trott, Stuart SUB↑ ? 0 ? 5 3 2 1 ? ? ?
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 ? 24 19 5 5 ? ? ?
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 ? 14 11 3 0 ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 23 25 339 250 89 73 0+ 0+ 0+

G. McCarthy replaced D. Scott during the fourth quarter.
S. Trott replaced B. Rowlings during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 ? 19 9 10 2 ? ? ?
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 ? 7 7 0 3 ? ? ?
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 ? 17 14 3 4 ? ? ?
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 ? 8 4 4 2 ? ? ?
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 ? 5 4 1 1 ? ? ?
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 ? 16 14 2 2 ? ? ?
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 ? 18 14 4 5 ? ? ?
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 ? 16 14 2 7 ? ? ?
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 ? 4 2 2 0 ? ? ?
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 0 ? 2 2 0 0 ? ? ?
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 ? 22 18 4 4 ? ? ?
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 ? 9 9 0 3 ? ? ?
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 ? 23 18 5 4 ? ? ?
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 ? 13 12 1 1 ? ? ?
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 ? 21 18 3 4 ? ? ?
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 ? 8 7 1 1 ? ? ?
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 ? 9 7 2 2 ? ? ?
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 ? 12 12 0 5 ? ? ?
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 ? 18 15 3 2 ? ? ?
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 ? 7 6 1 2 ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 8 9 254 206 48 54 0+ 0+ 0+

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) 21 G. McCarthy
22 B. Rowlings 1 P. Hudson 42 I. Paton 17 M. Tuck 28 S. Trott
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













35 K. Ablett 14 A. Martello 32 S. Murphy



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













13 L. Rice 43 P. Murnane 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













6 M. Moncrieff 15 K. Moore 12 P. Welsh



BACK



Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen