1978 VFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1978 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

Hawthorn (22.15.147) defeated Melbourne (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,986

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 22.15.147 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 6 7 . 11 14 . 11 22 . 15 22 . 15 (147)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin HWTH by 8 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 49 HWTH by 79 HWTH by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: David Parkin

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. James

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff INT ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 4 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 1 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 3
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 4
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 0 1 32 22 10 3 0 1 5
25 Hendrie, John FPL ? 4 4 19 17 2 8 0 3 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 3 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 2 19 16 3 3 7 2 2
4 Matthews, Kelvin INT ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 9 3 14 13 1 4 0 3 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 1 0
43 Murnane, Peter HFFR ? 2 1 18 14 4 4 0 2 2
37 Murray, Jeff RU ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 16 3 4
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 13 7 6 7 0 1 2
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 1 1 4
10 Polkinghorne, David HFFL ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 0 1
13 Rice, Leon RO ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry C ? 2 1 22 19 3 4 0 1 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 0 26 20 6 6 0 2 7
16 Wallace, Terry WR ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 15 311 243 68 71 24 33 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 4 0 3 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 4 2 8 7 1 5 0 1 3
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 2 5 4 1 1 12 1 1
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 3 22 19 3 1 0 8 6
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 7 3
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 0 4
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 3 0 4 2
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 8 2 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 3 1
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 3 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 0 1
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 14 217 186 31 44 20 46 34

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






37 J. Murray 2 G. Ablett
1 N. Goss 6 M. Moncrieff 25 J. Hendrie 17 M. Tuck 4 K. Matthews
FORWARD 13 L. Rice

HALF-BACK













43 P. Murnane 14 A. Martello 10 D. Polkinghorne



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













16 T. Wallace 22 B. Rowlings 26 R. Eade FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 24 P. Knights 9 R. DiPierdomenico



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













42 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones