1978 VFL Season Qualifying Final: Hawthorn v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1978 between Hawthorn and Collingwood in the qualifying final of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League.
Hawthorn hosted Collingwood at the MCG.
Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain.
Len Thompson captained the visitors with Phil Carman as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.
Hawthorn (23.16.154) defeated Collingwood (14.14.98).
Match Details
Season:
1978 VFL Season
Round:
Qualifying Final
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 9 September 1978
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
79,931
Match Results
Outcome:
Hawthorn
def.
Collingwood
Score:
23.16.154 - 14.14.98
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 4 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 7 | 15 | . | 11 | 23 | . | 16 | 23 | . | 16 | (154) |
| Collingwood | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 11 | 14 | . | 14 | 14 | . | 14 | (98) |
| Margin | HWTH by 10 | HWTH by 25 | HWTH by 36 | HWTH by 56 | HWTH by 56 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Hawthorn
Captain: Don ScottVice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: David Parkin
Collingwood
Captain: Len ThompsonVice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Ablett, Geoff | WL | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | De Wolde, Alle | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | DiPierdomenico, Robert | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Eade, Rodney | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | HFFL | ? | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Knights, Peter | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | CHF | ? | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Matthews, Leigh (vc) | RR | ? | 3 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | FF | ? | 8 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Murnane, Peter | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Murphy, Shane | RO | ? | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | O'Halloran, David | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | Paton, Ian | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HBFL | ? | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Russo, Peter | FPR | ? | 4 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | RU | ? | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | HFFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | Wallace, Terry | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | Walter, Richard | INT | ? | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 23 | 16 | 292 | 232 | 60 | 72 | 46 | 50 | 41 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 43 | Barham, Ricky | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Byrne, Ray | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Carlson, Leigh | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Carman, Phil (vc) | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Dunne, Ross | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Ireland, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Kink, Rene | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Manassa, Phil | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | McCormack, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 30 | Moore, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Morris, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Picken, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | Richardson, Max | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | Richardson, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Shaw, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Shaw, Tony | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Thompson, Len (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Wearmouth, Ronnie | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | Wight, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Worthington, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 14 | 237 | 190 | 47 | 49 | 35 | 36 | 50 | |||
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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| 4 | P. Russo | 6 | M. Moncrieff | 42 | I. Paton | 3 | L. Matthews (vc) | 45 | R. Walter | ||||||
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| 17 | M. Tuck | 14 | A. Martello | 25 | J. Hendrie |
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| 9 | R. DiPierdomenico | 24 | P. Knights | 10 | D. Polkinghorne |
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| 8 | D. O'Halloran | 15 | K. Moore | 27 | A. De Wolde |
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