1978 VFL Round 3: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1978 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 3 of the 1978 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), P. Baker, M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Burns, J. Byrne, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, R. Glendinning, R. Henshaw, A. Jarrott, P. Keenan, S. McCann, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, M. Nolan, D. Schimmelbusch, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Sutton

Hawthorn
Back: A. De Wolde, K. Moore, R. Walter
Half-back: R. DiPierdomenico, D. O'Halloran, D. Polkinghorne
Centre: G. Ablett, T. Wallace, B. Rowlings
Half-forward: J. Hendrie, I. Paton, R. Eade
Forward: A. Martello, M. Moncrieff, N. Goss
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Int.: W. Lee, M. McCarthy

North Melbourne (16.15.111) defeated Hawthorn (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Blight (4), A. Briedis (4), J. Cassin (3), P. Keenan (2), P. Baker, J. Burns, S. McCann
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (3), R. Walter (3), N. Goss (2), L. Matthews (2), R. Eade, B. Rowlings

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 15 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 39,097

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 16.15.111 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 7 12 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Hawthorn 2 . 3 9 . 8 11 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin NMLB by 13 HWTH by 19 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Quinn, K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 0 0
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 1 21 17 4 8 2 2 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 4 1 17 16 1 11 0 2 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 1 0 2 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 2 22 13 9 1 0 1 9
3 Cassin, John ? ? 3 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 0 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 3 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 1 2 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 0 0 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 3 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 0 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 10 7 2 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 6 24 16 8 7 0 4 4
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 0 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 2 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 10 1 2
48 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 7 0 1 0
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 15 300 202 98 71 20 30 38

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 1 14 11 3 0 0 0 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 3 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 3 4
26 Eade, Rodney HFFR ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 1
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 2 2 29 22 7 5 0 2 3
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 2 23 19 4 8 0 3 1
29 Lee, Warren INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 2 2 4
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 2 1 26 22 4 4 0 3 1
20 McCarthy, Michael INT ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 3 2 14 9 5 5 0 1 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 0
8 O'Halloran, David CHB ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0
42 Paton, Ian CHF ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 4 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 2
22 Rowlings, Barry WR ? 1 2 17 12 5 2 0 1 3
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 21 3 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 2 18 13 5 1 3 1 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1
45 Walter, Richard BPR ? 3 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 286 225 61 53 28 38 30

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

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 45 R. Walter













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 R. DiPierdomenico 8 D. O'Halloran 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 22 B. Rowlings









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 29 W. Lee
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 20 M. McCarthy
25 J. Hendrie 42 I. Paton 26 R. Eade 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 A. Martello 6 M. Moncrieff 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin