1984 VFL Qualifying Final: Hawthorn v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1984 between Hawthorn and Carlton in the qualifying final of the 1984 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Ken Hunter captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Hawthorn
Back: P. Schwab, D. O'Halloran, R. Morris
Half-back: R. Eade, C. Mew, R. Lester-Smith
Centre: R. DiPierdomenico, C. Robertson, C. Langford
Half-forward: K. Judge, D. Brereton, P. Curran
Forward: M. McCarthy, L. Matthews (capt.), R. Loveridge
Follower: M. Byrne, M. Tuck, R. Greene
Int.: I. Paton, D. Polkinghorne

Carlton
K. Hunter (capt.), R. Ashman, R. Austin, W. Blackwell, J. Buckley, P. Dean, B. Doull, D. English, D. Glascott, W. Harmes, W. Jones, M. MacLure, J. Madden, A. Marcou, P. Meldrum, A. Montgomery, F. Murphy, W. Ralph, B. Reid, K. Sheldon

Hawthorn (18.14.122) defeated Carlton (13.14.92).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (6), K. Judge (3), M. Byrne (2), P. Curran (2), R. DiPierdomenico (2), M. McCarthy (2), C. Langford
Carlton: W. Ralph (8), F. Murphy (3), M. MacLure (2)

As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced Essendon in the second semi final and Carlton faced Collingwood in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 September 1984
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 55,947

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Carlton
Score: 18.14.122 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 3 9 . 8 14 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Carlton 3 . 3 5 . 7 10 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin HWTH by 18 HWTH by 25 HWTH by 24 HWTH by 30 HWTH by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (Hawthorn), David Parkin (Carlton)
Captains: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), Ken Hunter (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, J. Russo

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 2
21 Byrne, Michael RU ? 2 1 25 14 11 8 25 1 0
25 Curran, Peter HFFR ? 2 2 16 11 5 5 0 2 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 2 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 2
26 Eade, Rodney HBFL ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
29 Greene, Russell RO ? 0 0 34 22 12 6 0 0 0
1 Judge, Ken HFFL ? 3 3 12 9 3 5 0 0 1
28 Langford, Chris WR ? 1 2 20 17 3 5 0 2 1
6 Lester-Smith, Rod HBFR ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 1 0
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 0 1 24 15 9 7 0 0 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 6 3 22 15 7 4 0 4 4
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 2 0 5 2 3 2 4 0 1
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 5
37 Morris, Russell BPR ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 4
8 O'Halloran, David FB ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 0 1
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
10 Polkinghorne, David INT ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0
32 Robertson, Colin C ? 0 1 22 11 11 11 0 2 1
30 Schwab, Peter BPL ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 14 316 218 98 92 30 22 25

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 4 0 1 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 4
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 2 0 2 2
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 1
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 0
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 2 0
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 2
9 Hunter, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 20 0 3
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 0 21 14 7 9 0 3 1
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 3 13 0 0
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 1 0
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 9 0 1 1
18 Montgomery, Allan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 1
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 3 2 19 10 9 4 0 2 1
22 Ralph, Warren ? ? 8 5 19 17 2 10 0 3 2
17 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 0 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 1 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 14 302 207 95 69 33 25 22

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: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






21 M. Byrne 12 I. Paton
22 R. Loveridge 3 L. Matthews (c) 20 M. McCarthy 17 M. Tuck 10 D. Polkinghorne
FORWARD 29 R. Greene

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25 P. Curran 23 D. Brereton 1 K. Judge



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













28 C. Langford 32 C. Robertson 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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6 R. Lester-Smith 2 C. Mew 26 R. Eade



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













37 R. Morris 8 D. O'Halloran 30 P. Schwab



BACK



Carlton Coach: David Parkin