1979 VFL Season Round 9: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1979 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round nine of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (16.12.108) were defeated by Essendon (17.14.116).

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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