1979 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1979 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round twenty of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (9.16.70) were defeated by Hawthorn (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 18 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,671

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.16.70 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 5 . 12 7 . 16 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Hawthorn 2 . 4 4 . 9 5 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 16 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Moss

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 4
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 1 1 16 7 9 1 0 3 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 7 8
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 28 3 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 5 12 9 3 5 0 3 4
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 7 4
3 Day, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 2 6
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 3 0 3 1
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 3 3 12 10 2 7 4 1 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 4 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 2 0 5 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 1 0 4 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 0
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
20 Steel, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 3 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 16 261 189 72 46 32 46 48

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFR ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 2 4
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 1 1 21 19 2 4 0 5 2
19 Goad, Alan HFFR ? 0 4 18 15 3 2 1 2 3
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 0 3 3
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 3 3
34 Kennedy, John HFFL ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 3 3
20 McCarthy, Michael BPR ? 1 2 9 6 3 2 0 1 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 3 2
33 Moore, Terry RU ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 15 1 2
43 Murnane, Peter INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 O'Halloran, David CHF ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 1 2 2
11 Polkinghorne, Robert INT ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 4 2 34 26 8 5 2 9 4
44 Turner, Mark FPL ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 4 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
31 Wilkinson, Robert FPR ? 1 0 7 5 2 3 6 1 2
21 Wilton, Nick CHB ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 14 276 205 71 57 26 48 46

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

Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 20 M. McCarthy













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 D. Polkinghorne 21 N. Wilton 9 R. DiPierdomenico













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 33 T. Moore 43 P. Murnane
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 11 R. Polkinghorne
34 J. Kennedy 8 D. O'Halloran 19 A. Goad 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



44 M. Turner 25 J. Hendrie 31 R. Wilkinson













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin