1978 VFL 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 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at 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
Back: A. De Wolde, K. Moore, I. Paton
Half-back: R. Eade, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre: P. Murnane, T. Wallace, G. Ablett
Half-forward: P. Russo, A. Martello, J. Hendrie
Forward: R. Walter, M. Moncrieff, N. Goss
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Int.: R. DiPierdomenico, M. McCarthy

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), S. Alves, P. Baker, M. Blight, M. Boyse, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, R. Glendinning, R. Henshaw, R. Huppatz, S. McCann, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, M. Nolan, D. Smith, D. Sutton, X. Tanner

Hawthorn (18.13.121) defeated North Melbourne (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (4), M. Moncrieff (4), D. Scott (3), P. Knights (2), G. Ablett, R. Eade, J. Hendrie, A. Martello, P. Murnane
North Melbourne: P. Baker (6), M. Boyse (2), A. Briedis (2), R. Huppatz (2), D. Smith (2), G. Melrose

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and North Melbourne were the runners-up.

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
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, I. Robinson
Goal Umpire: K. Barker, B. Farrow
Boundary Umpire: G. Willcox, M. Williams

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott (c) 9 R. DiPierdomenico
1 N. Goss 6 M. Moncrieff 45 R. Walter 17 M. Tuck 20 M. McCarthy
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

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25 J. Hendrie 14 A. Martello 4 P. Russo



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2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 43 P. Murnane FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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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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North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi