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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: |
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 boys. It will be a long, hard, 100 minutes but I am sure you will be there at the end. Regards, Peter Crimmins." Kennedy implored his players to "Do it for the little fella", and later stated that he believed his team was never going to lose.<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite news| url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/jk-still-a-grand-master/story-0-1111118306757 | title=Hawthorn great John Kennedy still a grand master | date= 14 December 2008|accessdate=28 April 2012 | author=McFarlane, Glenn | work=The Herald Sun}}</ref> |
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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. |
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. |
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Revision as of 14:33, 28 April 2012
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 25 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 third premiership victory.
Background
This was North Melbourne's third successive Grand Final, and were the reigning premiers after 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 in the Second Semi-Final 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.
This was the first Grand Final to be played under the two field umpires.
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 boys. It will be a long, hard, 100 minutes but I am sure you will be there at the end. Regards, Peter Crimmins." Kennedy implored his players to "Do it for the little fella", and later stated that he believed his team was never going to lose.[1]
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.
Hawthorn's next appearance in a Grand Final would be two years later (again against North Melbourne), in the 1978 VFL Grand Final, while North's next appearance would be against Collingwood in the 1977 VFL Grand Final.
Teams
| Hawthorn | |||
| B: | 11 Brian Douge | 15 Kelvin Moore | 31 Bernie Jones |
| HB: | 20 Ian Bremner | 24 Peter Knights | 8 David O'Halloran |
| C: | 2 Geoff Ablett | 22 Barry Rowlings | 26 Rodney Eade |
| HF: | 10 David Polkinghorne | 14 Alan Martello | 4 Kelvin Matthews |
| F: | 6 Michael Moncrieff | 25 John Hendrie | 19 Alan Goad |
| Foll: | 23 Don Scott (c) | 17 Michael Tuck | 3 Leigh Matthews (vc) |
| Res: | 13 Leon Rice | 43 Peter Murnane | |
| Coach: | John Kennedy, Sr. | ||
| North Melbourne | |||
| B: | 21 John Byrne | 23 David Dench (vc) | 30 Frank Gumbleton |
| HB: | 36 Steven Icke | 13 Gary Cowton | 5 Darryl Sutton |
| C: | 18 Paul Feltham | 11 John Burns | 27 Keith Greig (c) |
| HF: | 20 Wayne Schimmelbusch (dvc) | 28 Terry Moore | 15 Malcolm Blight |
| F: | 1 Peter Keenan | 8 Brent Crosswell | 17 Graham Melrose |
| Foll: | 22 Mick Nolan | 7 Mark Dawson | 9 Barry Cable |
| Res: | 34 Ross Henshaw | 40 Peter Chisnall | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Goalkickers
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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
See also
- ^ McFarlane, Glenn (14 December 2008). "Hawthorn great John Kennedy still a grand master". The Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 April 2012.