NON-PREMIERSHIP MATCHES

1977 AMCO-HERALD CUP

RESULTS
ABOUT
TEAMS / FORMAT
EVENTS
MATCH REPORTS
RESULTS

SUMMARY OF RESULTS

Date

Teams

1/4

1/2

3/4

Final

Margin

Venue

Day/Time

Crowd

ROUND 1

May-03

Collingwood

1.2 (8)

1.8 (14)

4.13 (37)

9.18 (72)

56

Lake Oval,*

Tue

4,805

Richmond

5.3 (33)

8.6 (54)

14.11 (95)

19.14 (128)

South Melbourne

(7:45pm)

May-10

Carlton

3.2 (20)

7.6 (48)

11.9 (75)

12.17 (89)

10

Lake Oval,*

Tue

4,118

St Kilda***

1.5 (11)

1.10 (16)

4.15 (39)

10.19 (79)

South Melbourne

(7:45pm)

May-17

Fitzroy

2.1 (13)

4.5 (29)

10.11 (71)

16.12 (108)

34

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

8,468

North Melbourne***

2.3 (15)

5.4 (34)

8.6 (54)

11.8 (74)

(8:55pm)**

May-24

Footscray

2.1 (13)

4.2 (26)

6.6 (42)

8.9 (57)

47

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

3,475

South Melbourne

5.2 (32)

9.4 (58)

11.11 (77)

15.14 (104)

(7:50pm)

May-31

Geelong

0.0 (0)

0.2 (2)

2.4 (16)

6.6 (42)

42

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

2,743

Hawthorn

2.3 (15)

5.4 (34)

10.6 (66)

13.6 (84)

(7:50pm)

Jun-07

Melbourne

4.4 (28)

6.6 (42)

9.8 (62)

10.11 (71)

32

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

10,036

Essendon

1.1 (7)

1.4 (10)

2.6 (18)

5.9 (39)

(7:50pm)

***St Kilda and North Melbourne advanced as the two losing teams in Round 1 with the highest percentage

QUARTER FINALS

Jun-21

South Melbourne

4.3 (27)

5.5 (35)

7.9 (51)

12.14 (86)

42

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

5,123

St Kilda

5.2 (32)

5.8 (38)

16.14 (110)

19.14 (128)

(7:50pm)

Jun-28

Hawthorn

0.4 (4)

2.6 (18)

5.9 (39)

7.10 (52)

11

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

3,346

North Melbourne

0.4 (4)

1.5 (11)

2.9 (21)

5.11 (41)

(7:50pm)

Jul-05

Melbourne

3.5 (23)

5.8 (38)

10.11 (71)

11.15 (81)

22

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

6,841

Carlton

4.4 (28)

8.9 (57)

9.12 (66)

15.13 (103)

(7:50pm)

Jul-12

Richmond

4.1 (25)

6.2 (38)

11.5 (71)

15.11 (101)

30

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

8,169

Fitzroy

2.2 (14)

6.5 (41)

9.10 (64)

10.11 (71)

(7:50pm)

SEMI FINALS

Jul-19

St Kilda

5.4 (34)

7.6 (48)

7.13 (55)

10.15 (75)

24

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

9,232

Hawthorn

3.2 (20)

6.6 (42)

10.13 (73)

14.15 (99)

(7:50pm)

Jul-26

Carlton

3.2 (20)

3.7 (25)

5.10 (40)

6.13 (49)

19

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

6,056

Richmond

2.2 (14)

2.2 (14)

4.3 (27)

4.6 (30)

(7:50pm)

GRAND FINAL

Aug-02

Hawthorn

3.7 (25)

6.8 (44)

10.11 (71)

14.11 (95)

24

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

27,407

Carlton

5.1 (31)

7.3 (45)

9.3 (57)

11.5 (71)

(7:50pm)

FIXTURE NOTES

May-03

*Richmond-Collingwood was originally scheduled for VFL Park, transferred because the new light towers were not completed

May-10

*Carlton-St Kilda was originally scheduled for VFL Park, transferred because the new light towers were not completed

May-17

**First night match at VFL Park: the start was delayed by 55 minutes due to a power failure just before the opening bounce

Jun-14

No match due to the VFL Queen's Birthday split-round (a Herald Shield double-header was played at VFL Park instead)

 

ABOUT

ABOUT THE 1977 SERIES

The first VFL Night Series ran from 1956 to 1971 and was brought to an end by dwindling crowds and the League's move to a Final Five. It seems hard to believe in today's multimedia world but matches in those series at Lake Oval were not televised.

It took the strong ratings and advertising revenue generated by the 1976 NFL Wills Cup to finally alert football administrators to the potential benefits of football broadcast live on network television.

The 1976 NFL series was planned as a forerunner to a full-scale national competition in 1977 that would feature all VFL, SANFL and WAFL clubs plus representative teams from Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT. [Canberra Times, 15-4-1976]
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Night football at VFL Park makes its debut in front of 8,468 enthusiastic fans
However, the NFL's plans for 1977 were thrown into disarray when the VFL announced they were withdrawing from the national competition to form their own rival night series, the Amco-Herald Cup. The series would be based at the League's headquarters, VFL Park with new light towers constructed specifically for the event at a cost of a million dollars.

Live telecasts of the rival competitions went head-to-head from 7:30pm each Tuesday night with the VFL series broadcast nationally on the Seven network and the NFL series on the ATV-0 network.
TEAMS / FORMAT

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The original VFL night series had been a consolation tournament featuring only the eight teams that missed the VFL finals* and was played in September/October. In contrast, the 1977 series featured all 12 clubs and was played mid-week throughout the VFL premiership season. 

*(all but one series during the 1956-71 era was contested only by the bottom-8 sides of the season. The 1957 Night Series was the exception, featuring all 12 VFL clubs; with each of the top-4 sides moving to the night competition as their VFL Finals Series commitments ended)

SERIES FORMAT

A twelve-team competition meant only six teams would advance to the quarter finals instead of the required eight, so a 'lucky-loser' system was adopted.

This resulted in the two defeated teams from Round 1 with the highest percentage (St Kilda and North Melbourne) also advancing to the quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals draw was then determined by ladder position:
(1) Hawthorn v (8) North Melbourne
(2) South Melbourne v (7) St Kilda
(3) Melbourne v (6) Carlton
(4) Richmond v (5) Fitzroy

From the quarter-finals stage onward all matches were played on a knockout basis.

EVENTS

NOTABLE EVENTS

*Yellow is the new white - ever since the first matches were played under lights in 1879, a white football had been the norm for night play. The 1977 VFL Night Series was the first to use a yellow football and, although the rival NFL series continued to use a white ball until at least 1978, yellow quickly became the standard for night matches Australia-wide.

Footnote - the only documented use of a yellow ball prior to 1977 was a Western Australian state team practice match played before the 1950 National Carnival; on that occasion the yellow ball was trialled for a half and "seemed to suit the players far better than the white ball". [West Australian 15-6-1950]


*Lake Oval's last hurrah - construction delays meant the $1 million light towers at VFL Park were not ready for the series-opener on May 3rd.

Rather than postpone their heavily-promoted new series, the League transferred the Richmond-Collingwood (May 3) and Carlton-St Kilda (May 10) matches to Lake Oval in South Melbourne, the former home of the VFL Night Premiership from 1956 to 1971 and the only other venue in Melbourne with lighting up to television broadcast standards.


*Lights out - on May 17th the first night match to be played at VFL Park was delayed by 55 minutes due to a massive power failure. At 7:20pm a fuse blew in an S.E.C. feeder pole in nearby Wellington Road, cutting a third of the power to the stadium's new lighting system.

Five minutes after the scheduled start time of 7:50pm restless fans started jeering and slow-clapping, leading to an announcement over the public address system asking fans to be patient.

At 8:05pm all power to the ground had to be cut-off so repairs could be made. Everyone at the ground sat in near-total darkness for the next 18 minutes with the only lighting provided by a back-up generator. Finally, at 8:45pm night football's new era at Waverley made its belated debut. [The Age 18-5-1977]


*Fitzroy fined for wrong shorts - The Lions were officially the away team for their opening match of the series but wore their home shorts, causing a colour clash with North Melbourne who also took to the field in royal blue shorts.

The VFL subsequently fined them $5000 ($250 per player) despite the Lions pointing out that the League's official match programme listed them as the home team and advised fans that they would be in blue shorts and North Melbourne in white. The VFL enforced the fine, maintaining that Fitzroy were the away team and noting that the Lions had used the visitors rooms for the match.  [The Age 20-5-1977]


*Frozen Cats and Hawks - the Geelong-Hawthorn match on May 31st was played in constant rain and freezing winds on Melbourne’s coldest day in 81 years. Geelong's Kevin Sheehan reportedly tried to call out for the ball during the second half only to realise his jaw had locked due to the cold.
Picture
Temporary camera platforms were set-up for Lake Oval's final fling (Football Record 10-5-1977)
Picture
Not happy, Jack! A furious VFL General Manager Jack Hamilton waits for power to be restored prior to the opening night match at Waverley (The Age 18-5-1977)
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Tandberg's view on Fitzroy's $5000 fine (The Age 20-5-1977)
*Lights out, again! - During the curtain-raiser played before the Carlton-Melbourne match on July 5th a ten-minute blackout occurred causing the match to be shortened. VFL officials feared another power failure like that of May 17th had occurred.

They were relieved to find the problem was merely due to a technician in the control booth accidentally knocking out the plug to their $1 million dollar lighting system. [The Age 6-7-1977]


*The 'Flying Doormat' goes berserk - Carlton's Bruce Doull was known as an unflappable defender who had calmly and consistently shut-down opposition forwards throughout the 1970s. That all changed when Hawthorn's Kevin Ablett ripped off Doull's trademark elastic headband and ran away with it in the 1977 night series Grand Final. The normally emotionless Doull went ballistic, charging after Ablett and swinging punches wildly.

It took six seasons until an opponent was game enough to try it again, with cheeky Essendon rover Tony Buhagiar stealing the headband during the 1983 VFL Elimination Final and throwing it into the crowd. This time a better-prepared Doull called his opponent's bluff, calmly reaching into his sock and producing another headband, much to the amusement of teammates and opponents alike.

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Night football's new era is delayed 55 minutes due to a power failure (The Age 18-5-1977)
MATCH REPORTS

MATCH REPORTS

Listed below are match reports for all 7 games played during the series. This is the first time these reports have been collated and published online or in print. Unless otherwise noted the information was sourced from The Football Record and The Age newspaper.

ROUND 1
LADDER
QTR FINALS
SEMI FINALS
G.F. TEAMS
GRAND FINAL
ROUND 1

Match 1 - Tuesday, May 3

RICHMOND

5.3 (33)

8.6 (54)

14.11 (95)

19.14 (128)

COLLINGWOOD

1.2 (8)

1.8 (14)

4.13 (37)

9.18 (72)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Sheedy, Jess, Raines, Dickson, Roach, Dunne

Collingwood

Manassa, Cooper, Clifford, Worthington, Kink, Anderson

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Dickson 5, Dunne 3, Noonan 3, Heard 2, Monteath 2, Jess 2, Cumming, Scrimshaw

Collingwood

Picken 3, Perry 2, Anderson 2, Manassa, Kink

UMPIRES:

Fellows, Sutcliffe

CROWD:

4,805*

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

This match was originally scheduled to be played at VFL Park but was moved because the light towers were not completed.

CROWD DISCREPANCY:

The Football Record (May 7) lists an estimated crowd of 4,700; the 1977 Night Series Grand Final edition revises this to 4,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 2 - Tuesday, May 10

CARLTON

3.2 (20)

7.6 (48)

11.9 (75)

12.17 (89)

ST KILDA

1.5 (11)

1.10 (16)

4.15 (39)

10.19 (79)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Maclure, Doull, Ohlsen, Walls, Bedford, Buckley

St Kilda

Barker, G. Elliott, Neale, Duperouzel, R. Greene, Lofts

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Ohlsen 3, McKenna 2, Walls 2, Keogh 2, Buckley 2, McConnon

St Kilda

Young 3, Neale, O’Keefe, R. Greene, Stevens, Lofts, Hughes, Duperouzel

UMPIRES:

Quinn, Chapman

CROWD:

4,118

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

This match was originally scheduled to be played at VFL Park but was moved because the light towers were not completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 3 - Tuesday, May 17

FITZROY

2.1 (13)

4.5 (29)

10.11 (71)

16.12 (108)

NORTH MELBOURNE

2.3 (15)

5.4 (34)

8.6 (54)

11.8 (74)

BEST PLAYERS:

Fitzroy

Wilson, Irwin, Parke, Johnston, Murphy, Alexander

North Melbourne

Schimmelbusch, Gumbleton, Frazer, Sutton, Byrne, Dawson

GOALKICKERS:

Fitzroy

Johnston 4, Parke 4, Christou 2, Irwin, O’Keeffe, McMahon, Whitford, Macleod, Wilson

North Melbourne

Frazer 5, Sutton 2, Schimmelbusch 2, Byrne, Dawson

UMPIRES:

Nash, Dye

CROWD:

8,468

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

The first night match to be played at VFL Park. The game was delayed 55 minutes due to a power failure and commenced at 8:45pm.
Fitzroy were fined $5000 ($250 per player) for wearing coloured shorts when they were officially the away team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 4 - Tuesday, May 24

SOUTH MELBOURNE

5.2 (32)

9.4 (58)

11.11 (77)

15.14 (104)

FOOTSCRAY

2.1 (13)

4.2 (26)

6.6 (42)

8.9 (57)

BEST PLAYERS:

South Melbourne

Young, Goss, Brice, Blair, Zantuck, Teasdale, Jamieson

Footscray

Murrie, Wheeler, Dempsey, Reid, Perrusich, Edmond

GOALKICKERS:

South Melbourne

Young 3, Blair 3, Zantuck 2, Jamieson 2, Teasdale 2, Goss, Round, Pagan

Footscray

Edmond 2, Quinlan, Reid, Sandilands, Whitten, Dempsey, Wheeler

UMPIRES:

Robinson, James

CROWD:

3,475

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 5 - Tuesday, May 31

HAWTHORN

2.3 (15)

5.4 (34)

10.6 (66)

13.6 (84)

GEELONG

0.0 (0)

0.2 (2)

2.4 (16)

6.6 (42)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Hudson, Hendrie, K. Matthews, Trott, O’Halloran, Scott

Geelong

Clarke, Card, Cassidy, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, Sheehan

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hudson 5, Hendrie 3, K. Matthews 2, Rice, Rowlings, Murphy

Geelong

Ruscuklic 2, Witcombe, I. Nankervis, Clarke, Cassidy

UMPIRES:

Morgan, Polites

CROWD:

2,743

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

Played in constant rain and freezing winds on Melbourne’s coldest day in 81 years. Geelong's Kevin Sheehan reportedly
tried to call out for the ball during the second half only to realise his jaw had locked due to the cold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 6 - Tuesday, June 7

MELBOURNE

4.4 (28)

6.6 (42)

9.8 (62)

10.11 (71)

ESSENDON

1.1 (7)

1.4 (10)

2.6 (18)

5.9 (39)

BEST PLAYERS:

Melbourne

R. Flower, Wells, Campbell, Biffin, Fowler, Tippett

Essendon

Scanlon, Watson, Fletcher, Close, Primmer, Van der Haar, Andrews

GOALKICKERS:

Melbourne

Walters 3, T. Flower, R. Flower, Tippett, Cook, Wells, Biffin, Fowler

Essendon

Crow, Scanlon, Foulds, Crow, Primmer

UMPIRES:

James, Nash

CROWD:

10,036

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

LADDER

TEAM

W

L

FOR

AGST

%

Hawthorn

1

-

84

42

200.0

South Melbourne

1

-

104

57

182.5

Melbourne

1

-

71

39

182.1

Richmond

1

-

128

72

177.8

Fitzroy

1

-

108

74

145.9

Carlton

1

-

89

79

112.7

St Kilda*

-

1

79

89

88.8

North Melbourne*

-

1

74

108

68.5

Collingwood

-

1

72

128

56.3

Essendon

-

1

39

71

54.9

Footscray

-

1

57

104

54.8

Geelong

-

1

42

84

50.0

*St Kilda and North Melbourne advanced to the next round as the two losing teams with the highest percentage

The quarter-finals draw was determined by ladder position:

 

(1) Hawthorn v (8) North Melbourne

(2) South Melbourne v (7) St Kilda

(3) Melbourne v (6) Carlton

(4) Richmond v (5) Fitzroy

 
QTR FINALS

Match 7 - Tuesday, June 21

ST KILDA

5.2 (32)

5.8 (38)

16.14 (110)

19.14 (128)

SOUTH MELBOURNE

4.3 (27)

5.5 (35)

7.9 (51)

12.14 (86)

BEST PLAYERS:

St Kilda

Tweeddale, Lofts, Perovic, Williams, Barker, Ditterich

South Melbourne

Lambert, Morrison, Zantuck, Daniher, Evans, Carter

GOALKICKERS:

St Kilda

Lofts 4, Tweeddale 4, Williams 4, Breen, Stevens, Duperouzel, R. Elliott, Callery, Carlon, Bond

South Melbourne

Morrison 3, Gull 2, Daniher 2, Evans 2, Browning, Carter, Hounsell

UMPIRES:

K. Smith, Henry

CROWD:

5,123

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 8 - Tuesday, June 28

HAWTHORN

0.4 (4)

2.6 (18)

5.9 (39)

7.10 (52)

NORTH MELBOURNE

0.4 (4)

1.5 (11)

2.9 (21)

5.11 (41)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Rowlings, Tuck, Scott, O’Halloran, Polkinghorne, Knights

North Melbourne

Dench, Tanner, Cassin, Henshaw, Moore, Baker

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hendrie 2, Hudson 2, Bennett, Trott, Rowlings

North Melbourne

Baker 2, Crosswell, Briedis, Byrne

UMPIRES:

Dye, Sawers

CROWD:

3,346

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 9 - Tuesday, July 5

CARLTON

4.4 (28)

8.9 (57)

9.12 (66)

15.13 (103)

MELBOURNE

3.5 (23)

5.8 (38)

10.11 (71)

11.15 (81)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Byrne, Canfield, Doull, Jesaulenko, Mangels, Walls

Melbourne

Norsworthy, McKellar, Hardeman, Coles, Smith, Fowler, Flower

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Ashman 4, Walls 3, Jesaulenko 3, Armstrong 2, Canfield 2, McConnon

Melbourne

Biffin 4, Coles 3, Brewer 2, Fowler, Norsworthy

UMPIRES:

Quinn, Robinson

CROWD:

6,841

SOURCE:

Football Record/SUN/AGE

NOTES:

The Football Record lists only 14 of Carlton’s 15 goals, crediting Canfield with one goal instead of two.

During the Herald Shield curtain-raiser a 10-minute blackout occurred causing the match to be shortened. VFL officials feared
another power failure like that of May 17 had occurred. They were relieved to find the problem was caused by a technician
in the control booth accidentally knocking out the plug to their $1 million dollar lighting system. [The Age 6-7-1977]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 10 - Tuesday, July 12

RICHMOND

4.1 (25)

6.2 (38)

11.5 (71)

15.11 (101)

FITZROY

2.2 (14)

6.5 (41)

9.10 (64)

10.11 (71)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Monteath, McGhie, Pitura, Bourke, Sheedy, Roach, Cloke

Fitzroy

Irwin, Serafini, Hansen, Shepherd, Merrigan, Thompson

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Monteath 6, Noonan 4, Hummel 2, Pitura 2, Lynch

Fitzroy

Thompson 2, Hansen, McMahon, Harris, Austen, Wilson, Linton, Serafini, Chapman

UMPIRES:

Deller, Lyons

CROWD:

8,169

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

SEMI FINALS

Match 11 - Tuesday, July 19

HAWTHORN

3.2 (20)

6.6 (42)

10.13 (73)

14.15 (99)

ST KILDA

5.4 (34)

7.6 (48)

7.13 (55)

10.15 (75)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Hendrie, Welsh, Tuck, G. Ablett, Moore, Rowlings

St Kilda

Neale, Sarau, Barker, Lofts, Mildenhall, Baker

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hendrie 5, L. Matthews 4, Hudson 3, Martello, Tuck

St Kilda

Young 3, Hunt 2, Duperouzel 2, Lofts, Breen, Tweeddale

UMPIRES:

Nash, Quinn

CROWD:

9,232

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 12 - Tuesday, July 26

CARLTON

3.2 (20)

3.7 (25)

5.10 (40)

6.13 (49)

RICHMOND

2.2 (14)

2.2 (14)

4.3 (27)

4.6 (30)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Southby, Walls, Jesaulenko, Pinnell, Keogh, Young, Harmes

Richmond

Wood, Robertson, Clayton, Lee, Cloke, Bartlett

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Walls 2, Canfield, McKenna, Sheldon, McKay

Richmond

Bartlett, Edwards, Dickson, Cloke

UMPIRES:

Dye, K. Smith

CROWD:

6,056

SOURCE:

Football Record/SUN

NOTES:

The Football Record lists only 3 of Richmond’s 4 goals, omitting one kicked by Cloke.

The match was played in torrential rain.

 

G.F. TEAMS

HAWTHORN

COACH

David Parkin

 

BACKS

Walter

Moore

Welsh

HALF-BACKS

Polkinghorne

Knights*

O’Halloran

CENTRES

K. Ablett

Rice

G. Ablett

HALF-FORWARDS

Eade

Martello

Hendrie

FORWARDS

Rowlings

Hudson

Moncrieff

FOLLOWERS

Scott (C)

Tuck

ROVER

L. Matthews

 

RESERVES

Bennett

Trott

EMERGENCIES

Steele*

*Knights was a late withdrawal from Hawthorn's selected team (replaced by Steele)

CARLTON

COACH

Ian Thorogood

 

BACKS

Whitnall

Austin

Heath

HALF-BACKS

Pinnell**

Southby

Doull

CENTRES

Byrne

Armstrong

Young

HALF-FORWARDS

Jesaulenko**

Walls (C)

Keogh

FORWARDS

Canfield

McKenna

Sheldon

FOLLOWERS

McKay

Mangels

ROVER

Buckley

 

RESERVES

Ashman

Harmes

EMERGENCIES

Maclure**

Zeunert**

**Jesaulenko and Pinnell were late withdrawals from Carlton's selected team

(replaced by Maclure and Zeunert)

 

GRAND FINAL

1977 VFL NIGHT PREMIERSHIP - GRAND FINAL

Match 13 - Tuesday, Aug.2

HAWTHORN

3.7 (25)

6.8 (44)

10.11 (71)

14.11 (95)

CARLTON

5.1 (31)

7.3 (45)

9.3 (57)

11.5 (71)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Scott, Rowlings, Moore, Hudson, Bennett, Ablett

Carlton

Southby, Canfield, Ashman, Doull, Armstrong, Buckley, Walls

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hudson 5, Rowlings 2, Martello 2, G. Ablett, Hendrie, Bennett,

Tuck, L. Matthews

Carlton

Ashman 3, Sheldon 2, Walls 2, Buckley, Keogh, McKenna,

Armstrong

UMPIRES:

Deller, Robinson

CROWD:

27,407

PRIZEMONEY:

Hawthorn $50,000, Carlton $42,000

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

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Picture
Amco-Herald Cup Grand Final programme (private collection)
Picture
Hawthorn players (L-R) Leigh Matthews, Don Scott, Barry Rowlings and John Hendrie celebrate with first-year coach David Parkin. (Football Record, 1996 Pre-Season edition)
Written and researched by David Eastman
First published 15/2/2017
Last updated 5/5/2022