1979 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1979 between Fitzroy and Hawthorn during round seven of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Hawthorn at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Fitzroy (14.18.102) defeated Hawthorn (11.24.90).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 19 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,872

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Hawthorn
Score: 14.18.102 - 11.24.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 6 8 . 13 12 . 14 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Hawthorn 0 . 8 0 . 14 7 . 17 11 . 24 11 . 24 (90)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 47 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 22 7 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 3 0 2 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 1 9 5 4 5 1 0 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 4 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 8 5 2 3
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 3 1
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 32 26 6 4 0 7 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 2 0 2 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 11 3 3 5
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 5 0 2 3
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 1 2 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 1
43 Poynton, Michael ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 0 0 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 3 18 15 3 9 1 1 2
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 3 7 6 1 3 0 1 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 6 0 3 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 0 0
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 2 4 32 26 6 8 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 18 309 208 101 78 33 47 39

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 2 4 14 12 2 3 0 1 1
35 Ablett, Kevin HFFR ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 0 6
7 Ayres, Gary INT ? 1 3 11 9 2 5 0 0 1
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 4 3
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 27 18 9 6 0 3 1
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 3 2 29 25 4 4 0 5 2
34 Kennedy, John INT ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 0
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 1 3 13 10 3 5 0 0 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0
33 Moore, Terry RU ? 0 2 5 4 1 2 3 0 0
43 Murnane, Peter HFFL ? 1 1 25 16 9 4 0 3 2
8 O'Halloran, David CHB ? 1 1 16 8 8 6 0 0 1
42 Paton, Ian FPL ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 2 3 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 2
4 Russo, Peter FPR ? 1 1 14 8 6 0 0 2 2
23 Scott, Don (c) CHF ? 1 0 19 10 9 4 19 5 9
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 2 27 18 9 4 0 1 8
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 2 6 3
31 Wilkinson, Robert BPR ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 24 313 217 96 59 26 39 47

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

Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 31 R. Wilkinson













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 R. DiPierdomenico 8 D. O'Halloran 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 33 T. Moore 7 G. Ayres
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 34 J. Kennedy
43 P. Murnane 23 D. Scott (c) 35 K. Ablett 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



42 I. Paton 6 M. Moncrieff 4 P. Russo













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin