1977 VFL Round 12: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1977 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 12 of the 1977 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), S. Alves, P. Baker, M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, B. Cable, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, M. Dawson, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, P. Keenan, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, B. Nettlefold, W. Schimmelbusch

Hawthorn
Back: P. Welsh, K. Moore, M. Moncrieff
Half-back: D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre: G. Ablett, B. Rowlings, K. Ablett
Half-forward: S. Murphy, A. Martello, J. Hendrie
Forward: I. Paton, P. Hudson, L. Rice
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.: G. McCarthy, P. Murnane

North Melbourne (6.11.47) were defeated by Hawthorn (6.12.48).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Crosswell (3), S. Alves (2), A. Briedis
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (2), L. Matthews (2), G. Ablett, A. Martello

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 18 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 9,027

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 6.11.47 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 9 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Hawthorn 3 . 1 3 . 5 4 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin NMLB by 2 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 7 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, N. Nash

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 3
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 3
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 5 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 3 7 6 1 4 0 0 5
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 3 0 2 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 3 5
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 3 0 2 4
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 2 0 6 3
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 5 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 3 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 3
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 3 0 6 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 1
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 6 14 12 2
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 2 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 6 11 287 227 60 47 17 64 53

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 0 21 19 2 2 0 4 2
35 Ablett, Kevin WR ? 0 2 18 16 2 2 0 3 3
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 0 1 10 6 4 6 0 2 5
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 2 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 5 4
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 13 11 2 7 11 4 7
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 2 1 21 19 2 6 0 5 1
21 McCarthy, Gerald SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael BPR ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 5 2
43 Murnane, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Murphy, Shane HFFL↓ ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 3
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 6
42 Paton, Ian FPL ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 4 3 5
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 2
13 Rice, Leon FPR ? 0 2 22 16 6 4 0 3 4
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 4
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 31 5 6
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 2 3
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 12 256 203 53 54 46 52 64

P. Murnane replaced S. Murphy.

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

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 P. Welsh 15 K. Moore 6 M. Moncrieff













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 22 B. Rowlings 35 K. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 21 G. McCarthy
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 43 P. Murnane
32 S. Murphy 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



42 I. Paton 1 P. Hudson 13 L. Rice













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin