1979 VFL Round 21: Hawthorn v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1979 between Hawthorn and North Melbourne during round 21 of the 1979 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted North Melbourne at Princes Park. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Hawthorn
Back: D. O'Halloran, K. Moore, A. De Wolde
Half-back: D. Polkinghorne, J. Kennedy, R. DiPierdomenico
Centre: R. Eade, T. Wallace, G. Ablett
Half-forward: J. Hendrie, N. Wilton, A. Goad
Forward: B. Jones, M. McCarthy, M. Turner
Follower: T. Moore, M. Tuck, N. Goss
Int.: R. Polkinghorne, P. Russo

North Melbourne
M. Blight, M. Boyse, K. Bryant, J. Cassin, B. Crosswell, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, R. Ebert, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, J. Law, S. McCann, G. Melrose, J. Murphy, M. Nolan, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Sutton

Hawthorn (7.18.60) were defeated by North Melbourne (24.21.165).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: G. Ablett, R. Eade, N. Goss, J. Hendrie, M. McCarthy, M. Turner, N. Wilton
North Melbourne: M. Blight (5), M. Boyse (3), R. Glendinning (3), J. Murphy (3), K. Bryant (2), R. Ebert (2), A. Jarrott (2), B. Crosswell, G. Dempsey, K. Greig, W. Schimmelbusch

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 7th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,492

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by North Melbourne
Score: 7.18.60 - 24.21.165

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 7 3 . 11 4 . 13 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
North Melbourne 2 . 6 8 . 13 15 . 19 24 . 21 24 . 21 (165)
Margin HWTH by 7 NMLB by 32 NMLB by 72 NMLB by 105 NMLB by 105
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: David Parkin (Hawthorn), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sawers, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 4
27 De Wolde, Alle BPR ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 1 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFR ? 0 2 18 9 9 4 0 1 7
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 1 1 14 12 2 0 0 3 1
19 Goad, Alan HFFR ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 1 0 18 15 3 2 0 6 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 1 4 26 23 3 7 0 3 3
39 Jones, Bernie FPL ? 0 2 9 4 5 4 9 1 1
34 Kennedy, John CHB ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 6 2
20 McCarthy, Michael FF ? 1 1 6 4 2 4 0 0 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 3
33 Moore, Terry RU ? 0 2 9 7 2 2 4 2 3
8 O'Halloran, David BPL ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 0
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 1 3
11 Polkinghorne, Robert INT ? 0 1 15 10 5 1 0 4 1
4 Russo, Peter INT ? 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 4 0
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 2 1
44 Turner, Mark FPR ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 18 10 8 2 0 0 1
21 Wilton, Nick CHF ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 1 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 18 291 213 78 54 14 44 39

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 5 3 19 16 3 6 0 2 1
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 3 5 18 15 3 4 0 4 3
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 2 2 22 15 7 8 0 1 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 1 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 2 11 6 5 3 0 3 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 11 25 1 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 4 0 1 1
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 2 0 26 19 7 6 1 2 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 3 2 25 15 10 10 3 1 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 3 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 2 4
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 5 0 2 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 2 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 2 18 10 8 1 0 2 3
26 Murphy, John ? ? 3 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 10 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 8 0 2 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 24 21 346 248 98 91 39 39 44

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






33 T. Moore 11 R. Polkinghorne
44 M. Turner 20 M. McCarthy 39 B. Jones 17 M. Tuck 4 P. Russo
FORWARD 1 N. Goss

HALF-BACK













19 A. Goad 21 N. Wilton 25 J. Hendrie



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













9 R. DiPierdomenico 34 J. Kennedy 10 D. Polkinghorne



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 8 D. O'Halloran



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi