1978 VFL Season Grand Final: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 1978 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the grand final of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at the MCG.
Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain.
Keith Greig captained the visitors with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.
Hawthorn (18.13.121) defeated North Melbourne (15.13.103).
Match Details
Season:
1978 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 30 September 1978
Time:
2:32 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
101,704
Match Results
Outcome:
Hawthorn
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
18.13.121 - 15.13.103
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 5 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 4 | 14 | . | 10 | 18 | . | 13 | 18 | . | 13 | (121) |
| North Melbourne | 2 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 8 | 10 | . | 12 | 15 | . | 13 | 15 | . | 13 | (103) |
| Margin | HWTH by 19 | NMLB by 4 | HWTH by 22 | HWTH by 18 | HWTH by 18 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Don ScottVice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: David Parkin
North Melbourne
Captain: Keith GreigVice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
B. DellerI. Robinson
Goal Umpires
K. BarkerB. Farrow
Boundary Umpires
G. WillcoxM. Williams
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Ablett, Geoff | WR | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | De Wolde, Alle | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DiPierdomenico, Robert | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Eade, Rodney | HBFL | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Goss, Norm | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | HFFR | ? | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Knights, Peter | CHB | ? | 2 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | CHF | ? | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Matthews, Leigh (vc) | RO | ? | 4 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | McCarthy, Michael | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | FF | ? | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Murnane, Peter | WL | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Paton, Ian | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Russo, Peter | HFFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | RU | ? | 3 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | RR | ? | 0 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | Wallace, Terry | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 45 | Walter, Richard | FPL | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 13 | 270 | 224 | 46 | 58 | 52 | 36 | 36 | |||
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Alves, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Baker, Phil | ? | ? | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | Boyse, Maurice | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Huppatz, Ray | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Montgomery, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 46 | Smith, Doug | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 13 | 289 | 203 | 86 | 65 | 27 | 36 | 36 | |||
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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| 10 | D. Polkinghorne | 24 | P. Knights | 26 | R. Eade |
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| 42 | I. Paton | 15 | K. Moore | 27 | A. De Wolde |
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