1979 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1979 between St Kilda and Hawthorn during round one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Hawthorn at Moorabbin Oval. Barry Breen captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

St Kilda (19.14.128) defeated Hawthorn (14.19.103).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 7 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 22,060

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Hawthorn
Score: 19.14.128 - 14.19.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 4 9 . 7 13 . 11 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 8 . 9 11 . 13 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Margin STKL by 6 STKL by 4 STKL by 10 STKL by 25 STKL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 8 0 3 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 4 2
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 3 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 0 0
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 1 0 2 4
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 3
21 Discher, Don ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 4 7 2 1
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 5 0 4 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 1
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 5
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 3 0 0 2
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 4 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 4 3
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 3 0 4 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 1 4 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 4 14 3 4
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 6 0 1 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 5 0 18 14 4 3 4 6 1
30 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 14 289 216 73 62 26 49 38

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 4 24 19 5 6 0 1 3
7 Ayres, Gary INT ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 3
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 2
26 Eade, Rodney HFFR ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 1 1
38 Emery, Steve HFFL ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 1
19 Goad, Alan INT ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 0 1
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 5 1 24 14 10 1 0 3 5
25 Hendrie, John CHF ? 0 1 18 12 6 7 0 0 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 1
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 2 0 22 15 7 5 0 0 4
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 1 4 8 7 1 3 0 2 4
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 4 3
43 Murnane, Peter WL ? 1 0 18 9 9 4 0 0 0
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 1 2
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 0 15 12 3 8 1 2 3
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 3 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 8 3 5
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 4 32 25 7 3 1 5 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 1 21 14 7 4 0 5 0
45 Walter, Richard FPL ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 12 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 19 321 228 93 71 22 39 49

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

St Kilda Coach: Mike Patterson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 42 I. Paton













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



8 D. O'Halloran 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 P. Murnane 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 7 G. Ayres
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 19 A. Goad
38 S. Emery 25 J. Hendrie 26 R. Eade 3 L. Matthews











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



45 R. Walter 6 M. Moncrieff 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin