1978 VFL Semi Final 2: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1978 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn in the second semi final of the 1978 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), S. Alves, P. Baker, M. Blight, M. Boyse, A. Briedis, J. Burns, J. Byrne, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, R. Glendinning, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, P. Keenan, S. McCann, G. Melrose, R. Ramsay, D. Sutton

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

North Melbourne (10.13.73) were defeated by Hawthorn (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: A. Briedis (3), J. Byrne (2), B. Crosswell (2), P. Baker, M. Boyse, G. Melrose
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (4), A. Martello (2), P. Murnane (2), M. Tuck (2), L. Matthews, P. Russo

As a result of this match, North Melbourne faced Collingwood in the preliminary final and Hawthorn faced North Melbourne in the grand final.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 16 September 1978
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 48,716

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 10.13.73 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 3 4 . 4 7 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Hawthorn 3 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin HWTH by 22 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 14 HWTH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), David Parkin (Hawthorn)
Captains: Keith Greig (North Melbourne), Don Scott (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Chapman, B. Deller

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 27 20 7 10 0 3 5
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 3
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 3 0 2 2
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 0 0 2 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 3 20 14 6 9 0 3 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 1 0 2 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 2 0 2 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 0 2 5
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 3 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 19 2 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 14 2 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 9 0 2 1
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 4 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 1 0 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 13 302 222 80 76 35 40 42

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 0
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 2
26 Eade, Rodney HBFL ? 0 1 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
25 Hendrie, John INT ? 0 2 15 10 5 5 0 0 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 1 17 14 3 6 0 2 1
14 Martello, Alan HFFR ? 2 0 23 21 2 5 3 2 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 1 3 27 19 8 12 0 4 3
20 McCarthy, Michael INT ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 4 1 7 7 0 4 0 1 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 1 0
43 Murnane, Peter WL ? 2 0 24 20 4 6 0 2 1
32 Murphy, Shane HFFL ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
42 Paton, Ian CHF ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 2 1
4 Russo, Peter FPR ? 1 2 16 14 2 3 0 2 4
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 1 16 8 8 1 19 6 5
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 2 27 22 5 8 0 7 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 1 4 3
45 Walter, Richard FPL ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 9 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 272 222 50 82 32 42 40

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

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



26 R. Eade 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 P. Murnane 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 25 J. Hendrie
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 20 M. McCarthy
32 S. Murphy 42 I. Paton 14 A. Martello 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



45 R. Walter 6 M. Moncrieff 4 P. Russo













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin