1979 VFL Round 9: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1979 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round 9 of the 1979 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Don Scott captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Hawthorn
Back: A. De Wolde, K. Moore, I. Paton
Half-back: R. DiPierdomenico, N. Wilton, D. O'Halloran
Centre: G. Ablett, T. Wallace, R. Eade
Half-forward: J. Kennedy, M. Moncrieff, P. Murnane
Forward: B. Jones, K. Ablett, N. Goss
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Int.: A. Goad, J. Hendrie

Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), S. Madden (vice-capt.), P. Bennett, M. Crow, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, B. Day, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, P. Keenan, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Muir, A. Reid, S. Robins, R. Shaw, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson

Hawthorn (16.12.108) were defeated by Essendon (17.14.116).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Hendrie (4), K. Ablett (3), N. Goss (3), L. Matthews (2), M. Moncrieff (2), I. Paton, D. Scott
Essendon: T. Daniher (7), P. Vander Haar (4), S. Robins (3), B. Day, K. Mansfield, T. Watson

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 6th on the ladder and Essendon remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,875

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 16.12.108 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 7 . 3 10 . 3 13 . 8 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Essendon 6 . 1 10 . 4 12 . 8 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin HWTH by 8 ESSE by 1 HWTH by 6 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Ken Fletcher (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Simon Madden (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 0 1
35 Ablett, Kevin FF ? 3 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 3
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 15 9 6 0 0 5 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 1
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 2 2
19 Goad, Alan INT ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 4
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 3 0 19 14 5 1 0 1 1
25 Hendrie, John INT ? 4 5 25 19 6 9 0 2 3
39 Jones, Bernie FPL ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 1
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 1
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 2 1 24 15 9 5 0 3 4
6 Moncrieff, Michael CHF ? 2 1 8 6 2 1 0 3 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 1
43 Murnane, Peter HFFR ? 0 1 20 14 6 0 0 2 3
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 2 16 15 1 2 0 5 2
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 1 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 19 4 4
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 29 25 4 1 1 4 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 23 20 3 2 0 4 2
21 Wilton, Nick CHB ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 3 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 12 309 238 71 48 24 45 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 2 10
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 10 1 0 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 7 2 14 10 4 6 0 1 1
3 Day, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 1 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 4 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 6 0 4 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 19 2 2
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 0 4 12 10 2 6 9 1 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 4 0 7 4
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 2 1
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 1 2
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 31 22 9 7 0 5 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 3 1 18 16 2 6 0 0 5
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 5 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 4 2 20 15 5 9 1 2 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 0 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 14 329 248 81 83 31 41 45

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) 19 A. Goad
1 N. Goss 35 K. Ablett 39 B. Jones 17 M. Tuck 25 J. Hendrie
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













43 P. Murnane 6 M. Moncrieff 34 J. Kennedy



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 21 N. Wilton 9 R. DiPierdomenico



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













42 I. Paton 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Essendon Coach: Barry Davis