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Hawthorn defeats Essendon
Round 22, Princes Park, Attendance: 14534
Saturday, 2nd September 1978, 2:10 PM AEST
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 8.3 12.5 15.10 17.16 118
Essendon 3.4 10.9 14.12 16.13 109
Hawthorn Player Stats ❘ Essendon Player Stats ❘ Match Head to Head Stats ❘ Scoring Breakdown
  Hawthorn Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: David Parkin  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Leigh Matthews 29 5 34 7 4 5 0 5 3
Alan Martello 20 10 30 6 2 0 0 1 6
Rodney Eade 22 4 26 6 0 0 0 1 2
Peter Knights 19 6 25 6 0 0 0 4 1
Michael Tuck 18 6 24 1 0 0 0 4 2
Terry Wallace 15 6 21 1 1 1 0 5 3
David Polkinghorne 14 3 17 2 1 1 0 2 3
John Hendrie 12 5 17 9 2 1 0 2 2
Geoff Ablett 12 4 16 1 0 0 0 3 1
Norm Goss 12 4 16 2 1 1 0 1 1
Kelvin Moore 15 0 15 5 0 0 0 3 2
Peter Russo 7 6 13 3 0 0 0 2 3
Alle De Wolde 9 4 13 1 0 0 0 3 2
David O'Halloran 7 2 9 3 1 0 0 0 2
Ian Paton 5 3 8 4 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Moncrieff 7 1 8 5 4 3 0 1 1
Don Scott 4 2 6 2 1 1 18 1 1
Tony King 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2
Jeff Murray 3 1 4 2 0 1 12 0 1
Steve Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Barry Davis  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Shane Heard 21 7 28 9 0 1 0 2 2
Peter Bennett 19 5 24 3 1 0 0 2 2
Stephen Robins 20 3 23 5 2 2 0 6 1
Tim Watson 15 5 20 3 2 1 0 2 3
Allan Davis 13 7 20 4 1 0 0 1 2
Garry Foulds 16 2 18 5 0 0 0 2 0
Terry Cahill 14 4 18 3 0 1 0 3 1
Denis Scanlon 10 7 17 5 0 0 0 1 2
Ian Marsh 11 6 17 4 0 0 0 0 5
Ken Fletcher 13 3 16 5 0 0 0 2 1
Paul Van Der Haar 11 4 15 4 2 0 3 2 1
Simon Madden 12 2 14 7 2 1 21 4 5
Max Crow 11 3 14 5 0 1 4 4 2
Terry Daniher 11 2 13 6 5 4 1 2 2
Roger Merrett 6 6 12 5 0 0 0 3 1
Wayne Primmer 10 2 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Larry Watson 7 2 9 1 0 0 0 2 1
Neil Besanko 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 4
Michael Sheldon 4 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 2
Merv Neagle 4 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1
Head to Head
Hawthorn Statistic Essendon
234 Kicks 231
73 Handballs 81
307 Disposals 312
3.21 Kick to Handball Ratio 2.85
68 Marks 78
30 Hitouts 29
38 Frees For 39
39 Frees Against 38
17 Goals Kicked 16
14 Behinds Kicked 12
2 Rushed Behinds 1
33 Scoring Shots 29
51.5% Conversion 55.2%
18.06 Disposals Per Goal 19.50
9.30 Disps Per Scoring Shot 10.76
Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown
Hawthorn First Quarter Essendon
8.3 51 Score 3.4 22
11 Scoring Shots 7
72.7% Conversion 42.9%
Won quarter by 29 Result Lost quarter by 29
Leading by 29 End of Quarter Trailing by 29
Hawthorn Second Quarter Essendon
4.2 26 Score 7.5 47
6 Scoring Shots 12
66.7% Conversion 58.3%
Lost quarter by 21 Result Won quarter by 21
Leading by 8 Halftime Trailing by 8
Hawthorn Third Quarter Essendon
3.5 23 Score 4.3 27
8 Scoring Shots 7
37.5% Conversion 57.1%
Lost quarter by 4 Result Won quarter by 4
Leading by 4 End of Quarter Trailing by 4
Hawthorn Final Quarter Essendon
2.6 18 Score 2.1 13
8 Scoring Shots 3
25.0% Conversion 66.7%
Won quarter by 5 Result Lost quarter by 5
Won game by 9 End of Game Lost game by 9
Scoring Breakdown For Each Half
Hawthorn First Half Essendon
12.5 77 Score 10.9 69
17 Scoring Shots 19
70.6% Conversion 52.6%
Won half by 8 Result Lost half by 8
Leading by 8 Halftime Trailing by 8
Hawthorn Second Half Essendon
5.11 41 Score 6.4 40
16 Scoring Shots 10
31.2% Conversion 60.0%
Won half by 1 Result Lost half by 1
Won game by 9 End of Game Lost game by 9
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