1977 VFL Season Round 15: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1977 between Hawthorn and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Hawthorn (28.23.191) defeated Geelong (13.6.84).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 10,016

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Geelong
Score: 28.23.191 - 13.6.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 5 12 . 12 21 . 14 28 . 23 28 . 23 (191)
Geelong 5 . 1 5 . 4 10 . 5 13 . 6 13 . 6 (84)
Margin HWTH by 10 HWTH by 50 HWTH by 75 HWTH by 107 HWTH by 107
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 3 1
35 Ablett, Kevin WR ? 1 3 28 23 5 7 0 0 1
16 Bennett, Peter SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
26 Eade, Rodney HFFL ? 1 0 19 17 2 2 0 2 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 8 1 22 15 7 7 0 1 4
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 8 6 19 17 2 15 0 3 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 1 0 18 16 2 3 1 2 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 2 20 18 2 4 20 2 5
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 7 5 38 30 8 9 0 5 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 5 5
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 1
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 1 2 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 2 1 1
13 Rice, Leon C ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 0 1 1
22 Rowlings, Barry FPR ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 0 3 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU↓ ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 10 3 5
33 Steel, Kelvin SUB↑ ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
17 Tuck, Michael RR↓ ? 1 1 27 19 8 5 6 0 2
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 28 23 351 269 82 82 40 38 40

P. Bennett replaced M. Tuck during the fourth quarter.
K. Steel replaced D. Scott during the fourth quarter.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 4 0 0 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 4 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 1 2 4
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 1 13 0 2
32 FitzGerald, Gerard ? ? 3 0 6 3 3 2 0 3 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 4 2
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 3 0 8 3
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 4 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 12 3 2
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 2 15 11 4 1 0 1 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 7 0 4 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 6 240 170 70 46 26 40 38

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) 16 P. Bennett
22 B. Rowlings 1 P. Hudson 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 33 K. Steel
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 26 R. Eade



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













35 K. Ablett 13 L. Rice 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













42 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 12 P. Welsh



BACK



Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson