1979 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1979 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round nineteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Melbourne (8.25.73) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 11 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 12,827

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 8.25.73 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 5 7 . 10 7 . 18 8 . 25 8 . 25 (73)
Hawthorn 1 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 10 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin MELB by 33 MELB by 10 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 22 HWTH by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 15 2 6
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 4 7 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 1 2 3
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 2 12 6 6 2 1 1 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 4 22 16 6 4 0 5 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 4 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 1 36 26 10 3 0 5 2
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 5 0
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 3 0 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 3 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 4
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 1 0 2 2
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 6 0 1 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 4 0 2 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 2 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 2 1 2 2
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 3 4 14 12 2 3 0 4 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 5 0 5 2
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 25 331 235 96 67 28 45 36

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 2 16 13 3 1 0 2 1
35 Ablett, Kevin WL ? 2 1 13 12 1 2 0 2 4
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert INT ? 0 0 18 8 10 5 0 1 1
26 Eade, Rodney C ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 0 3
19 Goad, Alan INT ? 0 1 15 6 9 2 0 1 1
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 2 2 26 20 6 1 1 4 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 2
34 Kennedy, John HBFR ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 3
20 McCarthy, Michael CHF ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 1 0 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 4
33 Moore, Terry FPL ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 14 3 2
43 Murnane, Peter HFFR ? 0 1 12 9 3 0 0 1 1
8 O'Halloran, David CHB ? 4 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 3
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 6 2 4
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 4
44 Turner, Mark FF ? 0 1 22 14 8 4 0 4 3
16 Wallace, Terry FPR ? 0 0 30 23 7 4 0 1 2
31 Wilkinson, Robert BPR ? 2 2 16 12 4 2 4 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 283 199 84 46 26 36 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

Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 31 R. Wilkinson













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 D. Polkinghorne 8 D. O'Halloran 34 J. Kennedy













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



35 K. Ablett 26 R. Eade 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 9 R. DiPierdomenico
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 19 A. Goad
25 J. Hendrie 20 M. McCarthy 43 P. Murnane 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 T. Moore 44 M. Turner 16 T. Wallace













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin