1984 VFL Round 15: Hawthorn v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1984 between Hawthorn and Footscray during round 15 of the 1984 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Leigh Matthews captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Hawthorn
Back: G. Ayres, R. Morris, R. Greene
Half-back: P. Schwab, C. Mew, R. Lester-Smith
Centre: R. Eade, M. Tuck, P. Russo
Half-forward: K. Judge, D. Brereton, J. Kennedy
Forward: M. McCarthy, C. Langford, L. Matthews (capt.)
Follower: M. Byrne, C. Robertson, R. Loveridge
Int.: J. Bennett, P. Curran

Footscray
J. Edmond (capt.), D. Baxter, S. Beasley, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, B. Duperouzel, A. Edwards, M. Egan, P. Foster, R. Groenewegen, D. Hawkins, M. Kellett, R. Kennedy, R. MacPherson, S. MacPherson, M. McKenna, A. Purser, B. Royal, J. Sewell, S. Wallis

Hawthorn (16.14.110) defeated Footscray (10.16.76).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (3), M. Tuck (3), P. Curran (2), C. Langford (2), R. Loveridge (2), D. Brereton, M. Byrne, R. Eade, R. Greene
Footscray: J. Edmond (3), S. Beasley (2), B. Duperouzel, A. Edwards, R. Groenewegen, S. MacPherson, J. Sewell

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 1st on the ladder and Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Hawthorn v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 July 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,178

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Footscray
Score: 16.14.110 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 3 7 . 9 10 . 13 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Footscray 3 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 7 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin HWTH by 8 HWTH by 9 HWTH by 12 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (Hawthorn), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn), Jim Edmond (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Russo, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ayres HWTH 7 3
Michael Tuck HWTH 17 2
Doug Hawkins FOOT 7 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 25 22 3 4 0 2 1
44 Bennett, James INT ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 1 2 11 7 4 2 0 3 6
21 Byrne, Michael RU ? 1 1 15 9 6 5 13 1 2
25 Curran, Peter INT ? 2 3 14 13 1 5 0 3 1
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 1
29 Greene, Russell BPR ? 1 0 23 15 8 3 0 1 2
1 Judge, Ken HFFL ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 4
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 0 2 18 9 9 1 0 1 2
28 Langford, Chris FF ? 2 0 12 8 4 2 1 0 1
6 Lester-Smith, Rod HBFR ? 0 2 11 6 5 0 0 2 3
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 2 1 20 15 5 1 0 1 0
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPR ? 3 2 22 17 5 3 0 1 1
20 McCarthy, Michael FPL ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 5 1 5
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 3 0 0
37 Morris, Russell FB ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 0
32 Robertson, Colin RR ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 1
4 Russo, Peter WR ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 2
30 Schwab, Peter HBFL ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael C ? 3 1 32 24 8 2 1 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 14 302 212 90 50 23 29 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 4 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 4 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1
38 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 2 14 8 6 2 0 0 1
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 3 1 14 9 5 3 0 2 5
30 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 3 0 6 4
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 7 2 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 29 19 10 7 1 5 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 4 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 1 1 2
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 1 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 1 0 2 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 7 19 2 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 5 24 23 1 5 0 3 4
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 16 275 204 71 57 30 37 29

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 44 J. Bennett
3 L. Matthews (c) 28 C. Langford 20 M. McCarthy 32 C. Robertson 25 P. Curran
FORWARD 22 R. Loveridge

HALF-BACK













34 J. Kennedy 23 D. Brereton 1 K. Judge



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













4 P. Russo 17 M. Tuck 26 R. Eade FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













6 R. Lester-Smith 2 C. Mew 30 P. Schwab



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













29 R. Greene 37 R. Morris 7 G. Ayres



BACK



Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse