1978 VFL Round 8: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1978 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round 8 of the 1978 VFL season. Richmond hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Richmond
K. Sheedy (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, I. Borchard, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, P. Feltham, J. Jess, M. Keane, P. Laughlin, M. Malthouse, R. McGhie, B. Monteath, G. Raines, S. Roach, I. Scrimshaw, G. Strachan, B. Tempany, W. Walsh

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

Richmond (9.16.70) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.15.99).

Goalkickers
Richmond: B. Monteath (3), P. Laughlin (2), D. Cloke, G. Raines, I. Scrimshaw, W. Walsh
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (4), M. Moncrieff (4), J. Murray (2), B. Rowlings (2), D. Scott, M. Tuck

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Hawthorn were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 20 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,224

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.16.70 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 4 2 . 8 5 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Hawthorn 2 . 6 6 . 9 11 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin HWTH by 8 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 38 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Barry Richardson (Richmond), David Parkin (Hawthorn)
Captains: Kevin Sheedy (Richmond), Don Scott (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 2 10 8 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 3 30 26 4 4 0 4 3
51 Borchard, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 2 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 5 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 5 8 5 3
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 2 2 5
3 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 1 1 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 5 7
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 3 0 2 1
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 4 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 3 2 25 16 9 10 0 4 5
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 4 20 13 7 1 0 2 1
56 Roach, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 1
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 4 0 4 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 5 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 3 2
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 16 313 206 107 61 21 64 44

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff INT ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 5 6
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 0
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 6
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 4
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 2
29 Lee, Warren HFFL ? 0 1 21 14 7 6 0 1 2
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 3 2 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 4 2 21 19 2 3 0 2 4
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 4 4 14 14 0 4 0 4 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 1
37 Murray, Jeff FPL ? 2 0 10 5 5 4 10 2 4
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 1
42 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 3
22 Rowlings, Barry WR ? 2 5 17 13 4 3 0 2 4
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 18 10 8 2 19 9 10
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 1 25 21 4 5 0 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 5 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 288 204 84 54 33 44 64

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

Richmond Coach: Barry Richardson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 R. DiPierdomenico 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 R. Eade 16 T. Wallace 22 B. Rowlings









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 2 G. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 42 I. Paton
29 W. Lee 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



37 J. Murray 6 M. Moncrieff 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin