1978 VFL Round 12: Melbourne v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1978 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 12 of the 1978 VFL season.
Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG.
Greg Wells captained the hosts.
Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.
Melbourne
G. Wells (capt.), G. Baker, R. Brewer, M. Byrne, D. Code, B. Denny, A. Dullard, R. Flower, S. Grambeau, G. Hutchison, P. Johnston, A. Moir, B. Norsworthy, K. Roberts, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, P. Thompson, B. Tippett, M. Wingate, C. Woodman
Hawthorn
Back:
A. De Wolde, K. Moore, R. DiPierdomenico
Half-back:
D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre:
W. Lee, T. Wallace, R. Eade
Half-forward:
J. Hendrie, I. Paton, G. Ablett
Forward:
A. Martello, M. Moncrieff, N. Goss
Follower:
D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Int.:
M. McCarthy, S. Murphy
Melbourne (15.18.108) were defeated by Hawthorn (18.20.128).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: M. Byrne (3), P. Johnston (3), K. Roberts (3), G. Wells (3), G. Baker, R. Brewer, S. Smith
Hawthorn: N. Goss (6), G. Ablett (2), J. Hendrie (2), L. Matthews (2), M. Moncrieff (2), D. Scott (2), S. Murphy, I. Paton
As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) and Hawthorn were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1978 VFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 24 June 1978
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
14,652
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Melbourne | 4 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 10 | 11 | . | 14 | 15 | . | 18 | 15 | . | 18 | (108) |
| Hawthorn | 7 | . | 4 | 10 | . | 9 | 15 | . | 12 | 18 | . | 20 | 18 | . | 20 | (128) |
| Margin | HWTH by 18 | HWTH by 11 | HWTH by 22 | HWTH by 20 | HWTH by 20 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Dennis Jones
(Melbourne),
David Parkin
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Greg Wells
(Melbourne),
Don Scott
(Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Melbourne),
Leigh Matthews
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
T. Bryant,
J. Wright
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baker, Garry | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Brewer, Ross | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Byrne, Michael | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 44 | Code, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Denny, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dullard, Anthony | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Flower, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Grambeau, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Hutchison, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Johnston, Peter | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Moir, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Norsworthy, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | Roberts, Ken | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 35 | Smith, Steven | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Sullivan, Tony | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 47 | Thompson, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tippett, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Wells, Greg (c) | ? | ? | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Wingate, Maurice | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | Woodman, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 18 | 235 | 178 | 57 | 62 | 10 | 44 | 38 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 2 | Ablett, Geoff | HFFR | ? | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | De Wolde, Alle | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | DiPierdomenico, Robert | BPR | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Eade, Rodney | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Goss, Norm | FPR | ? | 6 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | HFFL | ? | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Knights, Peter | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 29 | Lee, Warren | WL | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Martello, Alan | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Matthews, Leigh (vc) | RO | ? | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | McCarthy, Michael | INT | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | FF | ? | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Murphy, Shane | INT | ? | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | O'Halloran, David | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Paton, Ian | CHF | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | RU | ? | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | RR | ? | 0 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | Wallace, Terry | C | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 20 | 277 | 211 | 66 | 53 | 21 | 38 | 44 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Dennis Jones | ||||||||||||||
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| 27 | A. De Wolde | 15 | K. Moore | 9 | R. DiPierdomenico |
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| 8 | D. O'Halloran | 24 | P. Knights | 10 | D. Polkinghorne |
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| 29 | W. Lee | 16 | T. Wallace | 26 | R. Eade |
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| 25 | J. Hendrie | 42 | I. Paton | 2 | G. Ablett | 3 | L. Matthews (vc) |
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| 14 | A. Martello | 6 | M. Moncrieff | 1 | N. Goss |
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