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==Background== |
==Background== |
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North Melbourne were the reigning premiers having defeated Hawthorn in the [[1975 VFL Grand Final]]. |
North Melbourne were the reigning premiers having defeated Hawthorn in the [[1975 VFL Grand Final]]. |
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At the conclusion of the [[1976 VFL season|regular home-and-away season]], Hawthorn had finished second (behind [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] on the ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses. North Melbourne had finished third with 15 wins and 7 losses. |
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In the finals series leading up to the Grand Final, North Melbourne lost to Hawthorn by 20 points in the Qualifying Final before defeating [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] by 33 points in the First Semi-Final. They then met Carlton in the Preliminary Final which they won by just one point to advance to the Grand Final. Hawthorn, after their win in the Qualifying Final, defeated Carlton by 17 points to advance to the Grand Final. |
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==Match summary== |
==Match summary== |
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Revision as of 13:42, 27 September 2009
The 1976 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 35 September 1976. It was the 80th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1976 VFL season. The match, attended by 110,143 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 30 points, marking that club's 3rd premiership win.
Background
North Melbourne were the reigning premiers having defeated Hawthorn in the 1975 VFL Grand Final.
At the conclusion of the regular home-and-away season, Hawthorn had finished second (behind Carlton on the ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses. North Melbourne had finished third with 15 wins and 7 losses.
In the finals series leading up to the Grand Final, North Melbourne lost to Hawthorn by 20 points in the Qualifying Final before defeating Geelong by 33 points in the First Semi-Final. They then met Carlton in the Preliminary Final which they won by just one point to advance to the Grand Final. Hawthorn, after their win in the Qualifying Final, defeated Carlton by 17 points to advance to the Grand Final.
Match summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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| Hawthorn | 5.6 | 9.12 | 10.18 | 13.22 (100) |
| North Melbourne | 4.2 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 10.10 (70) |
Hawthorn took the initiative from the start and could have been further ahead had it not been for some wayward kicking, scoring 10.18 by three quarter time and only led by 10 points at that break. In the final quarter they kept the Kangaroos goalless, eventually running out easy winners. It was the club's third win under coach John Kennedy.
Epilogue
Hawthorn's win was dedicated to former captain Peter Crimmins who was suffering from cancer. Crimmins, 28, sent a telegram which Kennedy read out before the players took the field: 'Good luck to you and all the bots. It will be a long, hard, 100 minutes but I am sure you will be there at the end. Regards, Peter Crimmins.'
Crimmins' team mates carried the premiership cup to Crimmins' hospital bed on the night of the Grand Final win. He would die three days after the game.
Teams
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References
- The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0