North Melbourne vs Hawthorn 30-Sep-1978 Lineups

Saturday 30-Sep-1978

Final Grand Final

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi

103 15.13

121 18.13

Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

10 Ray Huppatz — 17 Graeme Melrose — 20 Wayne Schimmelbusch — 34 Ross Henshaw — 21 John Byrne — 27 Keith Greig — 4 Ross Glendinning — 22 Mick Nolan — 5 Darryl Sutton — 3 John Cassin — 13 Gary Cowton — 25 Xavier Tanner — 44 Maurice Boyse — 6 Arnold Briedis — 46 Doug Smith — 29 Phil Baker — 12 Ken Montgomery — 16 Stephen McCann — 2 Stan Alves — 15 Malcolm Blight —

Away team

Hawthorn

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Leigh Matthews — 17 Michael Tuck — 16 Terry Wallace — 2 Geoff Ablett — 9 Robert DiPierdomenico — 14 Alan Martello — 24 Peter Knights — 25 John Hendrie — 26 Rodney Eade — 23 Don Scott — 42 Ian Paton — 43 Peter Murnane — 15 Kelvin Moore — 10 David Polkinghorne — 4 Peter Russo — 6 Michael Moncrieff — 45 Richard Walter — 27 Alle De Wolde — 1 Norm Goss — 20 Michael McCarthy —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	2.2	5.6	3.4	5.1	103
HAW	5.3	2.1	7.6	4.3	121

Match Leaders

Goals

Phil BakerNTH

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Leigh MatthewsHAW

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

NTHHAW

Scoring / Attack

15Goals18

11Behinds12

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

289Disposals270

203Kicks224

86Handballs46

Clearance / Contest

27Hitouts52

Other

65Marks58

How the match finished

Hawthorn beat North Melbourne by 18 points, 121–103.

Hawthorn took a 22-point lead into the last quarter. North Melbourne cut that back to 18 by the final siren, scoring 31 points to 27 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage