1979 VFL Season Round 8: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1979 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round eight of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Frank Davis.

Hawthorn (17.18.120) defeated Melbourne (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 10,977

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 17.18.120 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 7 . 2 10 . 6 13 . 14 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 12 5 . 14 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin HWTH by 36 HWTH by 30 HWTH by 48 HWTH by 43 HWTH by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Frank Davis (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 2 21 17 4 0 0 3 2
35 Ablett, Kevin HFFL ? 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 0 4
7 Ayres, Gary FF ? 3 1 9 4 5 2 0 0 0
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 6 1
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 4 5
19 Goad, Alan FPR ? 5 0 22 19 3 4 0 2 3
39 Jones, Bernie INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
34 Kennedy, John BPR ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 3 0
30 King, Tony INT ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 0
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 2 1 24 16 8 6 0 1 5
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 3 7 20 14 6 8 0 4 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 4
43 Murnane, Peter HFFR ? 0 1 30 21 9 1 0 1 2
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 0 4
42 Paton, Ian CHF ? 1 1 10 7 3 5 3 2 6
11 Polkinghorne, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 21 15 6 4 13 8 7
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 1 20 15 5 2 3 1 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 1 15 11 4 2 0 3 0
21 Wilton, Nick CHB ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 18 307 223 84 52 23 44 52

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 7 3 5 4
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 4 0 1
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 3 12 7 5 3 0 2 5
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 1
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 0 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 34 23 11 8 0 6 0
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 2 3 14 13 1 0 0 4 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 8 0 7 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 10 0 0 4
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 4 5
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 19 5 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 4 0 1 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 8 0 3 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 23 17 6 2 0 5 4
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 0 1 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 17 280 200 80 67 27 52 44

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) 39 B. Jones
19 A. Goad 7 G. Ayres 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 30 T. King
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













43 P. Murnane 42 I. Paton 35 K. Ablett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













26 R. Eade 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 21 N. Wilton 11 R. Polkinghorne



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













34 J. Kennedy 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Davis