1978 VFL Round 5: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1978 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 5 of the 1978 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. In the absence of Harvey Merrigan, vice-captain Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

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

Fitzroy
G. Wilson (capt.), R. Alexander, G. Austen, B. Beecroft, J. Blair, B. Brown, P. Brown, R. Carter, G. Fowler, C. Hansen, R. Hodges, W. Irwin, W. Linton, G. McCarthy, D. McMahon, N. Mugavin, B. Padley, L. Serafini, C. Smith, N. Taylor

Hawthorn (14.17.101) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.12.102).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (4), M. Moncrieff (4), K. Matthews (2), M. Tuck (2), I. Paton, R. Walter
Fitzroy: B. Beecroft (4), B. Padley (3), G. Fowler (2), D. McMahon (2), W. Irwin, W. Linton, G. McCarthy, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Fitzroy were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 29 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 13,788

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Fitzroy
Score: 14.17.101 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 4 7 . 11 11 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Fitzroy 5 . 4 8 . 6 11 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin FITZ by 6 FITZ by 1 HWTH by 4 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Graham Campbell (Fitzroy)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Garry Wilson (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), unknown (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 3 23 14 9 2 0 1 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert BPR ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 4 3
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 0 3 20 15 5 5 0 1 5
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 0 3 22 17 5 9 0 1 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 2 2
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 4 4 22 16 6 7 0 4 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 4 1 10 8 2 5 0 0 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 3
43 Murnane, Peter HFFR ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 3
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 3 0
42 Paton, Ian INT ? 1 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 3
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 3 4
22 Rowlings, Barry WR ? 0 1 26 18 8 4 0 1 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 20 6 3
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 5
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 2 2
45 Walter, Richard CHF ? 1 1 6 4 2 3 5 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 17 304 218 86 73 26 38 53

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 12 2 2
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 9 2 5
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 5 1 2 0
24 Blair, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 4
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 5 0 9 3
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 2 3
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 0
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 1 0 2 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 3 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 2 0 5 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 0 0 2 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 3 2 5 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 3 0 3 1
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 8 0 3 1
46 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 1
29 Wilson, Garry (ac) ? ? 1 4 23 12 11 2 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 12 258 198 60 52 24 53 38

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) 26 R. Eade
1 N. Goss 25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 42 I. Paton
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

HALF-BACK













43 P. Murnane 45 R. Walter 4 K. Matthews



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













22 B. Rowlings 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













10 D. Polkinghorne 24 P. Knights 8 D. O'Halloran



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













9 R. DiPierdomenico 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Graham Campbell