1979 VFL Season Round 18: Hawthorn v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1979 between Hawthorn and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (15.14.104) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.25.115).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Fitzroy
Score: 15.14.104 - 15.25.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






31 R. Wilkinson 35 K. Ablett
16 T. Wallace 6 M. Moncrieff 23 D. Scott (c) 17 M. Tuck 43 P. Murnane
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

HALF-BACK













30 T. King 20 M. McCarthy 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













7 G. Ayres 44 M. Turner 26 R. Eade FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













9 R. DiPierdomenico 15 K. Moore 10 D. Polkinghorne



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 D. O'Halloran 34 J. Kennedy 27 A. De Wolde



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen