1978 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1978 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round eleven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (16.8.104) were defeated by Hawthorn (19.19.133).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 17 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,217

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 16.8.104 - 19.19.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 10 . 4 14 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Hawthorn 7 . 2 11 . 5 15 . 12 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Margin HWTH by 24 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 12 HWTH by 29 HWTH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Barry Davis

Hawthorn

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 3 3
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 1 2 3
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 4 0 1 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 1 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 8 0 5 3
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 6 0 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 1 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 2 0 2 4
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 3 7 2 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 0 17 12 5 8 13 2 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 2 1 20 10 10 3 0 3 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 0 4 2
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 1
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 1 0 4 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 5 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 3 17 12 5 6 1 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 8 292 215 77 73 23 48 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 2 23 13 10 3 0 0 4
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 0 1 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert BPR ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 0 5
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 26 21 5 5 0 1 3
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 1 1 23 21 2 4 0 6 2
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 5 3 25 21 4 10 0 3 4
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 20 16 4 10 0 2 2
14 Martello, Alan HFFL ? 1 2 11 11 0 5 6 2 6
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 3 6 24 18 6 9 0 2 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 5 3 9 9 0 7 0 0 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 0
37 Murray, Jeff CHF ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 6 1 0
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 0 1
42 Paton, Ian INT ? 2 0 7 5 2 2 1 1 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 1
13 Rice, Leon INT ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry HFFR ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 12 2 7
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 2 3 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 14 12 2 0 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 19 304 237 67 80 27 32 48

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

Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 9 R. DiPierdomenico













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 42 I. Paton
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 13 L. Rice
14 A. Martello 37 J. Murray 22 B. Rowlings 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 M. Moncrieff 25 J. Hendrie 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin