1979 VFL Season Round 3: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1979 between Hawthorn and Geelong during round three of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Hawthorn (18.15.123) defeated Geelong (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Saturday 21 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 14,876

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Geelong
Score: 18.15.123 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 6 12 . 6 14 . 13 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Geelong 0 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin HWTH by 26 HWTH by 40 HWTH by 35 HWTH by 40 HWTH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
K. Norris

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 1 21 18 3 3 0 2 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 3
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert INT ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 1
26 Eade, Rodney C ? 0 0 24 22 2 1 0 1 1
38 Emery, Steve HBFL ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 2 1 21 14 7 2 0 2 4
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 1 2 15 11 4 2 0 3 3
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 1 1 24 20 4 2 0 1 5
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 4 2 7
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 2 3 26 20 6 6 0 2 5
18 McFaull, Brendan INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 7 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 6
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 12 1 8 0 0 1
43 Murnane, Peter WL ? 2 0 26 20 6 2 0 3 1
8 O'Halloran, David BPR ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 4
42 Paton, Ian FPL ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1
4 Russo, Peter HFFR ? 0 2 14 8 6 1 0 1 4
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 16 3 3
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 19 15 4 0 0 3 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 18 15 312 245 67 51 22 33 56

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 6 20 4 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 4 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 1 0 5 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 5 2
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 0 0 8 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 4 0 0 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 5 0 1 1
27 Dowsett, Craig ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 2 1
30 Durnan, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 7 0 4 1
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 1 6 2 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 3 2 20 16 4 11 0 2 2
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 1 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 2 0 3 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 6 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 17 282 200 82 53 26 56 33

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

Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott (c) 9 R. DiPierdomenico
1 N. Goss 6 M. Moncrieff 42 I. Paton 17 M. Tuck 18 B. McFaull
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













4 P. Russo 14 A. Martello 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 26 R. Eade 43 P. Murnane FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













10 D. Polkinghorne 24 P. Knights 38 S. Emery



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson