1977 VFL Season Round 18: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1977 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Hawthorn (18.10.118) defeated Footscray (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 10,348

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 18.10.118 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 1 7 . 3 13 . 4 18 . 10 18 . 10 (118)
Footscray 4 . 7 8 . 8 12 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 1 HWTH by 14 HWTH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 1 23 21 2 3 0 3 4
35 Ablett, Kevin WR ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 2
26 Eade, Rodney HFFL ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 2 2 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 2 1 17 13 4 5 0 2 2
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 3 1 8 8 0 3 0 2 4
24 Knights, Peter CHB↓ ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 3 0 4
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 7 2 37 27 10 5 0 7 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 5 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 0 4
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0
13 Rice, Leon C ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 4
22 Rowlings, Barry FPR ? 1 2 19 14 5 5 0 4 3
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 12 10 2 6 19 6 5
33 Steel, Kelvin SUB ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Trott, Stuart SUB↑ ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 1 3
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 28 20 8 5 0 5 4
45 Walter, Richard BPR ? 2 0 6 4 2 3 2 1 4
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 10 280 210 70 71 26 43 55

S. Trott replaced P. Knights at quarter-time.

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 2 0
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 8 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 12 19 3 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 1
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 5 6
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 3 21 19 2 6 0 2 6
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 3 0 28 19 9 6 0 4 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 1 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 4 3 12 12 0 9 0 3 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 6 3 4 6
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 2 11 11 0 5 0 2 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 24 13 11 4 1 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 2 0 6 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 0 14 14 0 2 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 304 236 68 89 23 55 43

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) 33 K. Steel
22 B. Rowlings 1 P. Hudson 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 28 S. Trott
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













45 R. Walter 15 K. Moore 12 P. Welsh



BACK



Footscray Coach: Bill Goggin