1979 VFL Season: Hawthorn
These are the details of the premiership results for Hawthorn for the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Princes Park as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1979 VFL Season
Team:
Hawthorn
Club:
Hawthorn
Home Ground:
Princes Park
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 99.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablett, Geoff | #2 | 16 | 11 | R01-04, R06-09, R12-13, R15, R17, R19-22 |
| Ablett, Kevin | #35 | 12 | 18 | R04-09, R14-19 |
| Ayres, Gary | #7 | 10 | 11 | R01, R05, R07-08, R14-18, R22 |
| De Wolde, Alle | #27 | 21 | 1 | R01-16, R18-22 |
| DiPierdomenico, Robert | #9 | 15 | 1 | R03-07, R09, R12-13, R15-16, R18-22 |
| Eade, Rodney | #26 | 21 | 9 | R01-21 |
| Emery, Steve | #38 | 5 | 0 | R01-03, R15, R17 |
| Goad, Alan | #19 | 12 | 11 | R01, R04, R08-14, R19-21 |
| Goss, Norm | #1 | 18 | 29 | R01-05, R07, R09-14, R16, R18-22 |
| Hendrie, John | #25 | 19 | 23 | R01-03, R05-06, R09-22 |
| Jones, Bernie | #39 | 6 | 1 | R04, R06, R08-09, R21-22 |
| Kennedy, John | #34 | 17 | 1 | R06-22 |
| King, Tony | #30 | 4 | 3 | R05, R08, R17-18 |
| Knights, Peter | #24 | 11 | 10 | R01-06, R10-11, R13-15 |
| Martello, Alan | #14 | 6 | 7 | R02-03, R10-13 |
| Matthews, Leigh | #3 | 13 | 30 | R01-06, R08-12, R16-17 |
| McCarthy, Michael | #20 | 8 | 7 | R04, R16-22 |
| McFaull, Brendan | #18 | 2 | 1 | R02-03 |
| Moncrieff, Michael | #6 | 15 | 45 | R01-09, R11-14, R17-18 |
| Moore, Kelvin | #15 | 22 | 7 | R01-22 |
| Moore, Terry | #33 | 14 | 8 | R05-07, R10-17, R19-21 |
| Murnane, Peter | #43 | 20 | 16 | R01-16, R18-20, R22 |
| O'Halloran, David | #8 | 18 | 6 | R01-10, R14-21 |
| Paton, Ian | #42 | 15 | 3 | R01-05, R07-16 |
| Polkinghorne, David | #10 | 20 | 3 | R01-07, R10-22 |
| Polkinghorne, Robert | #11 | 4 | 0 | R08, R20-22 |
| Rice, Leon | #13 | 1 | 0 | R22 |
| Russo, Peter | #4 | 12 | 12 | R02-03, R06-07, R10-11, R13, R15-17, R21-22 |
| Scott, Don | #23 | 14 | 15 | R01, R03-12, R18-19, R22 |
| Tuck, Michael | #17 | 22 | 20 | R01-22 |
| Turner, Mark | #44 | 9 | 2 | R14-22 |
| Wallace, Terry | #16 | 21 | 7 | R01-02, R04-22 |
| Walter, Richard | #45 | 2 | 2 | R01-02 |
| Wilkinson, Robert | #31 | 6 | 4 | R07, R14, R17-20 |
| Wilton, Nick | #21 | 9 | 6 | R08-13, R20-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkin, David | 22 | 10 | -0- | 12 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/1979 | Round 1 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 25 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 14/04/1979 | Round 2 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 30 | David Parkin | Leigh Matthews |
| 21/04/1979 | Round 3 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 40 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 25/04/1979 | Round 4 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 94 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 05/05/1979 | Round 5 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 79 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 12/05/1979 | Round 6 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 60 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 19/05/1979 | Round 7 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 12 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 26/05/1979 | Round 8 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 43 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 02/06/1979 | Round 9 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 8 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 10/06/1979 | Round 10 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 51 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 16/06/1979 | Round 11 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 1 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 23/06/1979 | Round 12 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 39 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 30/06/1979 | Round 13 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 105 | David Parkin | unknown |
| 07/07/1979 | Round 14 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 15 | David Parkin | unknown |
| 14/07/1979 | Round 15 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 1 | David Parkin | unknown |
| 21/07/1979 | Round 16 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 15 | David Parkin | Leigh Matthews |
| 28/07/1979 | Round 17 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 28 | David Parkin | Leigh Matthews |
| 04/08/1979 | Round 18 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 11 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 11/08/1979 | Round 19 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 22 | David Parkin | Don Scott |
| 18/08/1979 | Round 20 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 4 | David Parkin | unknown |
| 25/08/1979 | Round 21 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 105 | David Parkin | unknown |
| 01/09/1979 | Round 22 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 38 | David Parkin | Don Scott |