1978 VFL Season Round 7: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1978 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round seven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Hawthorn (27.15.177) defeated Footscray (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 13 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 9,198

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 27.15.177 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 3 9 . 10 16 . 12 27 . 15 27 . 15 (177)
Footscray 4 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 13 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin HWTH by 5 HWTH by 17 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 86 HWTH by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Vice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: David Parkin

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff INT ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 4 2
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 1 22 16 6 2 0 3 1
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 6 1 25 20 5 5 0 3 3
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 2 0 17 13 4 7 0 1 5
24 Knights, Peter FF ? 1 0 20 14 6 5 0 4 2
29 Lee, Warren HFFL ? 0 1 29 24 5 7 0 3 2
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 1 2 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 5 3 25 19 6 6 0 2 4
20 McCarthy, Michael BPR ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FB ? 5 1 7 6 1 3 0 2 1
37 Murray, Jeff CHF ? 1 0 3 3 0 2 7 0 3
8 O'Halloran, David CHB ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0
42 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 2
22 Rowlings, Barry WR ? 3 3 20 15 5 2 0 1 3
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 1 12 7 5 2 15 4 9
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 4 2 33 25 8 5 0 1 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 27 15 320 239 81 66 23 40 46

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 10 36 4 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 2 0 6 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 2 27 18 9 6 1 1 3
8 Johnson, Matt ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 3 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 4
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 1
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 0 0
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 1 2 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 4 0 5 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 3 0 4 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 8 1 12 11 1 10 0 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 4 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 0 0 2 1
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 4 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 13 310 223 87 78 38 46 40

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) 2 G. Ablett
1 N. Goss 24 P. Knights 14 A. Martello 17 M. Tuck 42 I. Paton
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

HALF-BACK













25 J. Hendrie 37 J. Murray 29 W. Lee



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













20 M. McCarthy 6 M. Moncrieff 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie