1980 VFL Round 17: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1980 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round 17 of the 1980 VFL season. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), J. Berry, N. Cordy, G. Cowton, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, R. Groenewegen, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, P. Hickmott, S. Loveless, A. McConnell, M. McKenna, B. O'Keefe, B. Perrin, J. Reid, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Hawthorn
Back: I. Paton, K. Moore, A. De Wolde
Half-back: D. Polkinghorne, P. Knights, R. DiPierdomenico
Centre: K. Ablett, P. Russo, G. Ablett
Half-forward: J. Hendrie, A. Bennett, R. Greene
Forward: N. Goss, M. Moncrieff, T. Moore
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), A. Goad, L. Matthews
Int.: C. Mew, N. Wilton

Footscray (25.10.160) defeated Hawthorn (15.17.107).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Loveless (8), K. Templeton (4), G. Jennings (3), B. Perrin (3), J. Edmond (2), I. Dunstan, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, M. McKenna, T. Whitten
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (8), J. Hendrie (4), N. Goss, P. Russo, N. Wilton

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Hawthorn remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 July 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,362

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Hawthorn
Score: 25.10.160 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 9 . 6 17 . 9 20 . 10 25 . 10 25 . 10 (160)
Hawthorn 3 . 1 7 . 5 9 . 12 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin FOOT by 41 FOOT by 64 FOOT by 64 FOOT by 53 FOOT by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), David Parkin (Hawthorn)
Captains: Geoff Jennings (Footscray), Don Scott (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 1 4
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 0 1
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 0 2
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 2 1 4 0
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 2 20 12 8 6 0 2 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 1 1 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 5 11 5 32 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 2
24 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 3 1 23 13 10 4 1 1 3
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 8 0 13 11 2 6 1 1 4
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 1 0 4 1
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 2 15 8 7 0 0 1 2
36 O'Keefe, Brian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 3 0 21 10 11 4 0 0 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 5 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 2 23 16 7 11 0 2 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 1 0 4 5
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 2 26 16 10 3 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 25 10 347 231 116 60 38 37 35

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 3 26 17 9 4 0 2 2
35 Ablett, Kevin WL ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0
18 Bennett, Andy CHF ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 2 0 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPR ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFR ? 0 1 22 13 9 4 0 3 5
19 Goad, Alan RR ? 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 3 5
1 Goss, Norm FPL ? 1 1 23 14 9 3 0 2 3
29 Greene, Russell HFFR ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 4 2 21 18 3 9 0 1 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 1 3 1
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 0 4 27 22 5 1 0 0 2
46 Mew, Chris INT ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 8 2 12 11 1 7 0 0 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 3
33 Moore, Terry FPR ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 9 0 1
42 Paton, Ian BPL ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 2
4 Russo, Peter C ? 1 2 22 15 7 3 0 4 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 15 2 3
21 Wilton, Nick INT ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 17 295 214 81 53 30 35 37

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: Royce Hart
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 D. Polkinghorne 24 P. Knights 9 R. DiPierdomenico













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



35 K. Ablett 4 P. Russo 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 46 C. Mew
HALF-FORWARD 19 A. Goad 21 N. Wilton
25 J. Hendrie 18 A. Bennett 29 R. Greene 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 N. Goss 6 M. Moncrieff 33 T. Moore













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin