1979 VFL Season Round 22: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1979 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round twenty-two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Footscray (9.11.65) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.19.103).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 1 September 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,839

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 9.11.65 - 14.19.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Hawthorn 5 . 6 5 . 11 9 . 16 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Margin HWTH by 16 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 38 HWTH by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
52 Berry, Bill ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 9 3 1
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 2 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 4 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 6 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 1 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 6 10 6 16 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 1 0 6 1
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 1 0 2 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 3
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 3 2 14 13 1 8 1 1 4
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 1 0 4 5
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 4 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 1 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 1 4 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 4 13 11 2 6 0 5 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 1 2
44 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 11 280 195 85 47 28 51 38

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 1 28 20 8 9 0 2 2
7 Ayres, Gary HFFL ? 1 2 7 5 2 1 0 2 1
27 De Wolde, Alle BPR ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 1 4
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFR ? 0 0 23 18 5 6 0 3 3
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 2 1
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 2 3 18 17 1 7 0 3 2
39 Jones, Bernie RU ? 1 1 8 4 4 4 7 1 3
34 Kennedy, John CHB ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 4
20 McCarthy, Michael BPL ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 1 1 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 1 1 15 12 3 6 0 2 2
43 Murnane, Peter WR ? 2 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 3
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 18 6 12 5 0 1 3
11 Polkinghorne, Robert INT ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
13 Rice, Leon INT ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Russo, Peter FPR ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 2
23 Scott, Don (c) CHF ? 2 3 14 9 5 9 11 1 4
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 3 26 21 5 4 1 3 4
44 Turner, Mark HFFR ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 4
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 0 30 18 12 2 0 3 3
21 Wilton, Nick FPL ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 1 3 6
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 19 310 227 83 81 21 33 52

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

Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
20 M. McCarthy 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



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













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 43 P. Murnane









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 39 B. Jones 11 R. Polkinghorne
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 13 L. Rice
7 G. Ayres 23 D. Scott (c) 44 M. Turner 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 N. Wilton 25 J. Hendrie 4 P. Russo













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin