1979 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing ten matches there (nine as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1979 VFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 75.9)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, Garry | #1 | 16 | 11 | R01, R08-22 |
| Biffin, Ray | #19 | 7 | 14 | R01-02, R14-17, R22 |
| Byrne, Michael | #14 | 12 | 10 | R05-08, R15-22 |
| Carman, Phil | #31 | 11 | 23 | R01-06, R08-09, R11, R14, R16 |
| Clayton, Cameron | #12 | 13 | 7 | R08-18, R21-22 |
| Coles, Henry | #3 | 4 | 2 | R01-04 |
| Dellamarta, John | #33 | 2 | 1 | R04-05 |
| Denny, Barry | #7 | 5 | 0 | R05-08, R17 |
| Ditterich, Carl | #10 | 17 | 6 | R01-04, R06-07, R10, R12-16, R18-22 |
| Dullard, Anthony | #28 | 5 | 0 | R10-11, R15-17 |
| Durnan, Jim | #21 | 11 | 1 | R12-22 |
| Elliott, Bruce | #32 | 2 | 0 | R05-06 |
| Elliott, Glenn | #8 | 15 | 11 | R01-03, R05-06, R08-09, R13-15, R17-18, R20-22 |
| Elliott, Robert | #6 | 17 | 6 | R02-03, R05-11, R14-18, R20-22 |
| Elshaug, Tony | #50 | 2 | 1 | R21-22 |
| Fitzsimmons, Shane | #23 | 2 | 3 | R01-02 |
| Flower, Robert | #2 | 21 | 33 | R01-16, R18-22 |
| Flower, Tom | #34 | 6 | 11 | R08-13 |
| Fowler, Laurie | #9 | 21 | 0 | R01-04, R06-22 |
| Gaunt, Graham | #20 | 19 | 15 | R01-11, R14-21 |
| Giles, Peter | #45 | 11 | 0 | R09-13, R17-22 |
| Gordon, Wayne | #13 | 3 | 1 | R08-09, R19 |
| Grambeau, Shane | #17 | 10 | 0 | R01-07, R10-12 |
| Gull, Stewart | #26 | 2 | 1 | R07, R11 |
| Hamilton, Peter | #30 | 13 | 0 | R01-04, R07-09, R13-15, R18-20 |
| Healy, Gerard | #39 | 21 | 10 | R01-17, R19-22 |
| Hunnibell, Graham | #5 | 6 | 1 | R04-09 |
| Hutchison, Greg | #43 | 10 | 3 | R08-10, R12, R17-22 |
| Martyn, Tony | #24 | 17 | 1 | R01-04, R06-07, R10-17, R19, R21-22 |
| Moir, Andrew | #29 | 17 | 25 | R01-07, R09-13, R16, R18-20, R22 |
| Norsworthy, Barry | #12 | 2 | 1 | R04-05 |
| O'Donnell, Kelly | #23 | 11 | 8 | R03, R05-09, R11-13, R19, R21 |
| O'Keefe, Peter | #38 | 1 | 0 | R05 |
| Richards, Kelvin | #25 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| Roberts, Ken | #6 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Seaton, Phil | #15 | 9 | 2 | R13-20, R22 |
| Smith, Steven | #35 | 16 | 15 | R01-03, R10-22 |
| Sullivan, Tony | #4 | 7 | 0 | R01-03, R10-13 |
| Thorne, Peter | #40 | 6 | 9 | R07, R15-18, R20 |
| Wallace, John | #48 | 2 | 0 | R03, R09 |
| Walters, Robert | #16 | 12 | 22 | R04-07, R13-16, R18-21 |
| Wells, Greg | #11 | 22 | 24 | R01-22 |
| Whitford, Don | #27 | 6 | 2 | R04-08, R17 |
| Whitfort, Ken | #22 | 9 | 5 | R10-12, R14, R18-22 |
| Wingate, Maurice | #18 | 10 | 6 | R01-02, R04-10, R12 |
| Woodman, Chris | #41 | 6 | 4 | R02-04, R12-14 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ditterich, Carl | 21 | 6 | -0- | 15 | R01-07, R09-22 |
| Davis, Frank | 1 | 0 | -0- | 1 | R08 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/1979 | Round 1 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | MELB by 12 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 16/04/1979 | Round 2 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 39 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 21/04/1979 | Round 3 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 7 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 25/04/1979 | Round 4 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | MELB by 10 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 05/05/1979 | Round 5 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 14 | Carl Ditterich | unknown |
| 12/05/1979 | Round 6 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 23 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 19/05/1979 | Round 7 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 82 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 26/05/1979 | Round 8 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 43 | Frank Davis | unknown |
| 02/06/1979 | Round 9 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 45 | Carl Ditterich | unknown |
| 09/06/1979 | Round 10 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 20 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 16/06/1979 | Round 11 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 14 | Carl Ditterich | unknown |
| 23/06/1979 | Round 12 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 39 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 30/06/1979 | Round 13 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 51 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 07/07/1979 | Round 14 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 44 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 14/07/1979 | Round 15 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | MELB by 13 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 21/07/1979 | Round 16 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 79 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 28/07/1979 | Round 17 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 190 | Carl Ditterich | unknown |
| 04/08/1979 | Round 18 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | MELB by 29 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 11/08/1979 | Round 19 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 22 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 18/08/1979 | Round 20 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 72 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 25/08/1979 | Round 21 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | MELB by 65 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |
| 01/09/1979 | Round 22 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 51 | Carl Ditterich | Carl Ditterich |