1977 VFL Round 22: Essendon v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1977 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 22 of the 1977 VFL season.
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
K. Fletcher (capt.), C. Boyd, R. Close, M. Crow, P. Early, N. Fields, G. Foulds, S. Heard, S. Madden, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Muir, R. Newton, K. Roberts, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, B. Walsh, T. Watson
Hawthorn
Back:
P. Welsh, K. Moore, M. Moncrieff
Half-back:
D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre:
G. Ablett, B. Rowlings, L. Rice
Half-forward:
K. Ablett, A. Martello, J. Hendrie
Forward:
I. Paton, P. Hudson, R. Eade
Follower:
D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.:
K. Steel, S. Trott
Essendon (19.16.130) were defeated by Hawthorn (25.18.168).
Goalkickers
Essendon: N. Fields (3), B. Walsh (3), T. Watson (3), M. Crow (2), K. Mansfield (2), K. Roberts (2), K. Fletcher, S. Madden, S. Robins, P. Vander Haar
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (7), L. Matthews (6), B. Rowlings (3), R. Eade (2), G. Ablett, P. Knights, A. Martello, I. Paton, D. Polkinghorne, L. Rice, M. Tuck
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 9th on the ladder and Hawthorn remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bill Stephen
(Essendon),
David Parkin
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon),
Don Scott
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
D. Levens,
G. Polites
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 12 | P. Welsh | 15 | K. Moore | 6 | M. Moncrieff |
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| 8 | D. O'Halloran | 24 | P. Knights | 10 | D. Polkinghorne |
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| 2 | G. Ablett | 22 | B. Rowlings | 13 | L. Rice |
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| CENTRE | 23 | D. Scott (c) | 33 | K. Steel | |||||||||||
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| 35 | K. Ablett | 14 | A. Martello | 25 | J. Hendrie | 3 | L. Matthews |
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| 42 | I. Paton | 1 | P. Hudson | 26 | R. Eade |
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