1978 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1978 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round eighteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Footscray (17.10.112) were defeated by Hawthorn (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 5 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,255

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 17.10.112 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 10 . 4 13 . 6 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Hawthorn 5 . 9 7 . 10 14 . 14 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin HWTH by 19 FOOT by 12 HWTH by 14 HWTH by 6 HWTH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Hawthorn

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 8 0 2 2
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 28 23 5 4 0 2 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 4 9 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 3 0 27 17 10 9 0 0 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 1 0 2 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 1 1 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 4 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 5 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 5 14 13 1 12 0 1 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 0 17 9 8 8 10 3 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 10 320 223 97 76 20 39 30

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff HFFR ? 1 1 18 18 0 4 0 1 1
33 Ayres, Gary INT ? 3 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 1
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 1
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 24 17 7 4 0 0 2
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 2 1 24 18 6 3 0 2 0
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
24 Knights, Peter FF ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 2 0 1
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 2 4 17 14 3 5 2 2 3
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 3 2 24 22 2 7 0 3 1
20 McCarthy, Michael HBFL ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 0 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael CHB ? 2 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1
43 Murnane, Peter WL ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 0 2
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 4
42 Paton, Ian CHF ? 2 0 13 6 7 7 1 0 4
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 3
4 Russo, Peter INT ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 0
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 4 21 12 9 6 15 6 4
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 0 36 28 8 4 1 4 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 16 299 217 82 66 21 30 39

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

Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 M. McCarthy 6 M. Moncrieff 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 P. Murnane 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 33 G. Ayres
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 4 P. Russo
25 J. Hendrie 42 I. Paton 2 G. Ablett 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 A. Martello 24 P. Knights 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin