1978 VFL Round 22: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1978 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round 22 of the 1978 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Hawthorn
Back: A. De Wolde, K. Moore, J. Murray
Half-back: D. O'Halloran, P. Knights, D. Polkinghorne
Centre: R. Eade, T. Wallace, G. Ablett
Half-forward: M. Tuck, J. Hendrie, T. King
Forward: A. Martello, M. Moncrieff, P. Russo
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), L. Matthews (vice-capt.), N. Goss
Int.: S. Emery, I. Paton

Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), S. Madden (vice-capt.), P. Bennett, N. Besanko, T. Cahill, M. Crow, T. Daniher, A. Davis, G. Foulds, S. Heard, I. Marsh, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, W. Primmer, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, M. Sheldon, P. Vander Haar, L. Watson, T. Watson

Hawthorn (17.16.118) defeated Essendon (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (4), M. Moncrieff (4), J. Hendrie (2), A. Martello (2), N. Goss, D. O'Halloran, D. Polkinghorne, D. Scott, T. Wallace
Essendon: T. Daniher (5), S. Madden (2), S. Robins (2), P. Vander Haar (2), T. Watson (2), P. Bennett, A. Davis, M. Sheldon

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 2nd on the ladder and Essendon remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 September 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 14,534

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 17.16.118 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 8 . 3 12 . 5 15 . 10 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Essendon 3 . 4 10 . 9 14 . 12 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin HWTH by 29 HWTH by 8 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Ken Fletcher (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), Simon Madden (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 1
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 2
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 26 22 4 6 0 1 2
38 Emery, Steve INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 1 1 16 12 4 2 0 1 1
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 2 1 17 12 5 9 0 2 2
30 King, Tony HFFR ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 25 19 6 6 0 4 1
14 Martello, Alan FPL ? 2 0 30 20 10 6 0 1 6
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RR ? 4 5 34 29 5 7 0 5 3
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 4 3 8 7 1 5 0 1 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 3 2
37 Murray, Jeff BPR ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 12 0 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 2
42 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 1 1 17 14 3 2 0 2 3
4 Russo, Peter FPR ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 3
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 1 6 4 2 2 18 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael HFFL ? 0 0 24 18 6 1 0 4 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 1 21 15 6 1 0 5 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 16 307 234 73 68 30 38 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 3 0 2 2
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 4
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 3 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 4 4 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 5 4 13 11 2 6 1 2 2
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 9 0 2 2
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 7 21 4 5
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 0 5
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 3 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 1
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 2 23 20 3 5 0 6 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 2
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 0 0 0 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 4 3 2 1
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 13 312 231 81 78 29 39 38

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) 38 S. Emery
4 P. Russo 6 M. Moncrieff 14 A. Martello 3 L. Matthews (vc) 42 I. Paton
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

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30 T. King 25 J. Hendrie 17 M. Tuck



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2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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



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37 J. Murray 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Essendon Coach: Barry Davis