1978 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1978 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round twelve of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the 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 (15.18.108) were defeated by Hawthorn (18.20.128).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 15.18.108 - 18.20.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Hawthorn

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones
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



29 W. Lee 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 20 M. McCarthy
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 32 S. Murphy
25 J. Hendrie 42 I. Paton 2 G. Ablett 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 A. Martello 6 M. Moncrieff 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin