1978 VFL Season Round 10: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1978 between Hawthorn and Geelong during round ten of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Hawthorn (12.24.96) defeated Geelong (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Saturday 3 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,203

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Geelong
Score: 12.24.96 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 4 2 . 14 4 . 20 12 . 24 12 . 24 (96)
Geelong 4 . 6 4 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin GEEL by 20 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 15 HWTH by 35 HWTH by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

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

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
B. Deller

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff HFFR ? 0 2 11 10 1 0 0 0 0
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 2
26 Eade, Rodney BPR ? 1 0 20 17 3 4 0 3 3
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 1 2 22 17 5 4 0 2 0
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 1 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 3 3 32 25 7 10 0 3 3
29 Lee, Warren WR ? 2 1 21 16 5 1 0 1 1
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 1 20 13 7 3 1 2 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 2 4 19 15 4 6 0 2 4
6 Moncrieff, Michael INT ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 4 0
32 Murphy, Shane INT ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1
37 Murray, Jeff FPL ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 5 0 3
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 2 17 11 6 5 0 0 2
42 Paton, Ian FF ? 0 2 9 5 4 6 5 0 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 0
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 2 21 15 6 4 11 3 8
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 26 22 4 2 1 4 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 24 310 235 75 62 23 31 38

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 5 0 2 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 4 0 1 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 4 17 16 1 6 0 2 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 3 0 1 5
27 Dowsett, Craig ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 1 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 1 3
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 10 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 3 0 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 7 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 13 2 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 2 0 4 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 2 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 13 284 213 71 71 23 38 31

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) 6 M. Moncrieff
1 N. Goss 42 I. Paton 37 J. Murray 17 M. Tuck 32 S. Murphy
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews (vc)

HALF-BACK













2 G. Ablett 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













29 W. Lee 16 T. Wallace 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













26 R. Eade 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson