1977 VFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1977 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round twenty-two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (19.16.130) were defeated by Hawthorn (25.18.168).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 27 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,325

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 19.16.130 - 25.18.168

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 9 . 6 15 . 10 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Hawthorn 6 . 6 10 . 12 18 . 16 25 . 18 25 . 18 (168)
Margin HWTH by 8 HWTH by 12 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 38 HWTH by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Levens
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 3 0 4 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 3 16 15 1 6 5 3 2
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 2 17 15 2 2 0 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 3 0 5 1
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 24 4 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 1 0 1 0
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 2 26 22 4 6 0 5 4
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 0 0 2 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 8 1 5 2
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 0 27 21 6 3 0 4 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 2 13 7 6 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 16 272 214 58 53 30 51 31

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 2 26 19 7 4 0 5 2
35 Ablett, Kevin HFFL↓ ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 1
26 Eade, Rodney FPR ? 2 0 25 20 5 7 0 3 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 0 0 20 6 14 5 0 0 5
1 Hudson, Peter FF ? 7 9 18 17 1 8 0 4 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 1 0 17 10 7 5 1 1 5
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 0 19 15 4 4 8 1 5
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 6 3 30 26 4 8 0 2 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael BPR ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 3
42 Paton, Ian FPL ? 1 1 10 5 5 2 3 2 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 1 1 14 11 3 5 0 1 3
13 Rice, Leon WR ? 1 0 21 17 4 5 0 0 4
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 3 1 21 16 5 1 0 1 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU↓ ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 36 3 5
33 Steel, Kelvin SUB↑ ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Trott, Stuart SUB↑ ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 22 18 4 5 0 4 5
12 Welsh, Peter BPL ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 25 18 306 228 78 74 48 31 51

K. Steel replaced D. Scott during the fourth quarter.
S. Trott replaced K. Ablett 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

Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen
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 13 L. Rice









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 33 K. Steel
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 28 S. Trott
35 K. Ablett 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



42 I. Paton 1 P. Hudson 26 R. Eade













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin