1979 VFL Round 18: Hawthorn v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1979 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round 18 of the 1979 VFL season.
Hawthorn hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park.
Don Scott captained the hosts.
Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.
Hawthorn
Back:
A. De Wolde, J. Kennedy, D. O'Halloran
Half-back:
D. Polkinghorne, K. Moore, R. DiPierdomenico
Centre:
R. Eade, M. Turner, G. Ayres
Half-forward:
J. Hendrie, M. McCarthy, T. King
Forward:
D. Scott (capt.), M. Moncrieff, T. Wallace
Follower:
R. Wilkinson, M. Tuck, N. Goss
Int.:
K. Ablett, P. Murnane
Fitzroy
R. Alexander (capt.), G. Wilson (vice-capt.), G. Allan, B. Beecroft, P. Brown, M. Conlan, C. Hansen, L. Harris, K. Higgins, W. Irwin, G. McCarthy, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, N. Mugavin, B. Quinlan, M. Richardson, L. Serafini, C. Smith, N. Taylor, R. Walls
Hawthorn (15.14.104) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.25.115).
Goalkickers
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (4), K. Ablett (2), T. King (2), M. Tuck (2), R. Eade, N. Goss, D. Scott, T. Wallace, R. Wilkinson
Fitzroy: C. Smith (3), R. Walls (3), B. Beecroft (2), W. Irwin (2), G. Allan, G. McCarthy, D. McMahon, B. Quinlan, G. Wilson
As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Fitzroy were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the day.
Match Details
Season:
1979 VFL Season
Round:
Round 18
Teams:
Hawthorn
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 4 August 1979
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Princes Park
Attendance:
15,104
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Hawthorn | 4 | . | 6 | 8 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 14 | 15 | . | 14 | (104) |
| Fitzroy | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 13 | 7 | . | 17 | 15 | . | 25 | 15 | . | 25 | (115) |
| Margin | HWTH by 21 | HWTH by 17 | HWTH by 23 | FITZ by 11 | FITZ by 11 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
David Parkin
(Hawthorn),
Bill Stephen
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Don Scott
(Hawthorn),
Ron Alexander
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Hawthorn),
Garry Wilson
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
K. Quinn,
J. Sutcliffe
Player Statistics
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 35 | Ablett, Kevin | INT | ? | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ayres, Gary | WR | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | De Wolde, Alle | BPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | DiPierdomenico, Robert | HBFR | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Eade, Rodney | WL | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Goss, Norm | RO | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Hendrie, John | HFFL | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 34 | Kennedy, John | FB | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | King, Tony | HFFR | ? | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | McCarthy, Michael | CHF | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Moncrieff, Michael | FF | ? | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Moore, Kelvin | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Murnane, Peter | INT | ? | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | O'Halloran, David | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Polkinghorne, David | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Scott, Don (c) | FPL | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | Tuck, Michael | RR | ? | 2 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 44 | Turner, Mark | C | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Wallace, Terry | FPR | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Wilkinson, Robert | RU | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 14 | 300 | 210 | 90 | 66 | 40 | 39 | 41 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 6 | Alexander, Ron (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 |
| 27 | Allan, Graeme | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Beecroft, Bob | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | Brown, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Conlan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Hansen, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 56 | Harris, Leon | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Higgins, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | McCarthy, Gerald | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | McMahon, David | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | Mugavin, Noel | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Quinlan, Bernie | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Richardson, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Serafini, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Smith, Chris | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Taylor, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Walls, Robert | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry (vc) | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 25 | 281 | 200 | 81 | 57 | 32 | 41 | 39 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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