1980 VFL Round 8: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1980 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round 8 of the 1980 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Hawthorn
Back: A. De Wolde, K. Moore, I. Paton
Half-back: R. DiPierdomenico, J. Kennedy, R. Eade
Centre: G. Ablett, A. Goad, C. Robertson
Half-forward: J. Hendrie, A. Bennett, P. Murnane
Forward: M. McCarthy, M. Moncrieff, N. Goss
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Int.: M. Turner, R. Wilkinson

Melbourne
R. Flower (capt.), M. Byrne, C. Clayton, B. Crosswell, J. Durnan, R. Elliott, T. Elshaug, L. Fowler, G. Gaunt, P. Giles, W. Gordon, T. Martyn, A. Moir, B. Nettlefold, R. Rowe, M. Seddon, S. Smith, G. Wells, M. Wingate, C. Woodman

Hawthorn (17.16.118) defeated Melbourne (15.18.108).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (5), G. Ablett (3), A. Bennett (2), N. Goss (2), L. Matthews (2), P. Murnane (2), C. Robertson
Melbourne: T. Elshaug (5), C. Woodman (3), B. Crosswell (2), S. Smith (2), M. Byrne, G. Gaunt, B. Nettlefold

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 May 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 10,501

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 17.16.118 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 2 10 . 7 15 . 11 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 13 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Margin MELB by 3 HWTH by 23 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Carl Ditterich (Melbourne)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Robert Flower (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 3 3 24 20 4 3 0 3 3
18 Bennett, Andy CHF ? 2 1 17 10 7 4 19 0 3
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 4
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 5 4
26 Eade, Rodney HBFR ? 0 0 27 16 11 10 0 2 1
19 Goad, Alan C ? 0 0 17 8 9 0 0 0 1
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 2 0 24 13 11 6 0 1 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0
34 Kennedy, John CHB ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 4
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 2 4 23 21 2 4 0 3 3
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 5 1 7 7 0 4 0 2 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 2 0
22 Murnane, Peter HFFR ? 2 3 25 18 7 5 0 0 2
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 12 3 3
32 Robertson, Colin WR ? 1 2 18 11 7 5 0 1 3
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 14 2 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 23 16 7 8 0 1 4
44 Turner, Mark INT ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 2
31 Wilkinson, Robert INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 16 317 218 99 75 45 31 41

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 2 16 5 11 6 10 1 4
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 2 0
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 4
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 0
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 5 0 27 21 6 6 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 2 33 23 10 11 0 3 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 7 0 4 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 0 0 1 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 4 0 2 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 1 0 0
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 4 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 2 0 0 2
42 Rowe, Russell ? ? 0 4 24 15 9 4 0 3 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 6 13 12 1 4 1 4 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 3 0 0 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 2
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 3 0 17 15 2 5 12 6 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 18 337 221 116 70 24 41 31

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) 44 M. Turner
1 N. Goss 6 M. Moncrieff 20 M. McCarthy 17 M. Tuck 31 R. Wilkinson
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













22 P. Murnane 18 A. Bennett 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













32 C. Robertson 19 A. Goad 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













26 R. Eade 34 J. Kennedy 9 R. DiPierdomenico



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













42 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich