1978 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League.
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 (10.13.73) were defeated by Hawthorn (12.15.87).
Match Details
Season:
1978 VFL Season
Round:
Second Semi Final
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
North Melbourne
Captain: Keith GreigVice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi
Hawthorn
Captain: Don ScottVice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: David Parkin
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| North Melbourne | Coach: Ron Barassi | ||||||||||||||
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| 27 | A. De Wolde | 15 | K. Moore | 8 | D. O'Halloran |
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| 26 | R. Eade | 24 | P. Knights | 10 | D. Polkinghorne |
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| 43 | P. Murnane | 16 | T. Wallace | 2 | G. Ablett |
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| 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) |
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| 45 | R. Walter | 6 | M. Moncrieff | 4 | P. Russo |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: David Parkin | ||||||||||||||