1978 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1978 between Richmond and Hawthorn during round eight of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (9.16.70) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.15.99).

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

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Hawthorn

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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