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Melbourne vs Hawthorn Match Centre

Saturday 11-Aug-1979
Final Round 19
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
73 8.25
95 14.11
Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin
Hawthorn logo
Waverley Park Hawthorn by 22 HAW by 22
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 15 Phil Seaton — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 22 Ken Whitfort — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 45 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Hamilton — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Walters — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 21 Jim Durnan — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable 13 Wayne Gordon — · Position unavailable
Away team

Hawthorn

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 Terry Wallace — · Position unavailable 1 Norm Goss — · Position unavailable 44 Mark Turner — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Tuck — · Position unavailable 9 Robert DiPierdomenico — · Position unavailable 2 Geoff Ablett — · Position unavailable 31 Robert Wilkinson — · Position unavailable 19 Alan Goad — · Position unavailable 26 Rodney Eade — · Position unavailable 8 David OHalloran — · Position unavailable 35 Kevin Ablett — · Position unavailable 33 Terry Moore — · Position unavailable 43 Peter Murnane — · Position unavailable 10 David Polkinghorne — · Position unavailable 34 John Kennedy — · Position unavailable 27 Alle De Wolde — · Position unavailable 23 Don Scott — · Position unavailable 20 Michael McCarthy — · Position unavailable 15 Kelvin Moore — · Position unavailable 25 John Hendrie — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL6.51.50.81.773
HAW1.25.44.44.195

Match Leaders

Goals
4
David OHalloranHAW
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Robert FlowerMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELHAW

Scoring / Attack

8Goals14
22Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

331Disposals283
235Kicks199
96Handballs84

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts26

Other

67Marks46
45Frees For36
36Frees Against45

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Hawthorn beat Melbourne by 22 points, 95–73.

Hawthorn extended a 10-point three-quarter-time lead with a 25–13 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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