1979 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1979 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach David Parkin
Captain(s) Don Scott
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 7th
Finals series Did not qualify
Best and Fairest Kelvin Moore
Leading goalkicker Michael Moncrieff (45)
Highest home attendance 37,276 (round 4 vs. South Melbourne)
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Main article: 1979 VFL season

The 1979 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 55th season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 19.14 (128) 14.19 (103) Lost by 25 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 22,060 10th
2 Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) Collingwood 13.24 (102) 19.18 (132) Lost by 30 points Princes Park (H) 29,391 12th
3 Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 18.15 (123) 11.17 (83) Won by 40 points Princes Park (H) 14,876 7th
4 Wednesday, 25 April (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 29.15 (189) 15.5 (95) Won by 94 points VFL Park (H) 37,276 4th
5 Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 11.16 (82) 24.17 (161) Won by 79 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 31,479 3rd
6 Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.12 (108) 25.18 (168) Lost by 60 points Princes Park (H) 29,935 4th
7 Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 14.18 (102) 11.24 (90) Lost by 12 points Junction Oval (A) 15,872 6th
8 Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 17.18 (120) 10.17 (77) Won by 43 points Princes Park (H) 10,977 6th
9 Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 16.12 (108) 17.14 (116) Lost by 8 points Princes Park (H) 24,875 6th
10 Sunday, 10 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 16.9 (105) 23.18 (156) Won by 51 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A) 31,395 6th
11 Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Footscray 15.10 (100) 15.11 (101) Lost by 1 point Princes Park (H) 12,516 6th
12 Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 19.18 (132) 13.15 (93) Won by 39 points Princes Park (H) 13,176 6th
13 Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) Collingwood 25.19 (169) 8.16 (64) Lost by 105 points Victoria Park (A) 22,903 7th
14 Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 13.11 (89) 10.14 (74) Lost by 15 points Lake Oval (A) 10,626 7th
15 Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 11.12 (78) 11.13 (79) Won by 1 point VFL Park (A) 20,777 6th
16 Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 14.20 (104) 18.11 (119) Lost by 15 points Princes Park (H) 13,557 7th
17 Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 15.21 (111) 12.11 (83) Lost by 28 points Princes Park (A) 22,159 7th
18 Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 15.14 (104) 15.25 (115) Lost by 11 points Princes Park (H) 15,104 8th
19 Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 8.25 (73) 14.11 (95) Won by 22 points VFL Park (A) 12,827 7th
20 Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 9.16 (70) 10.14 (74) Won by 4 points Windy Hill (A) 18,671 7th
21 Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 7.18 (60) 24.21 (165) Lost by 105 points Princes Park (H) 18,492 7th
22 Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) Footscray 9.11 (65) 14.19 (103) Won by 38 points Western Oval (A) 12,839 7th
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Ladder

1979 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Carlton (P) 22 19 3 0 2772 1986 139.58 76
2 North Melbourne 22 17 5 0 2574 2083 123.57 68
3 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2501 1974 126.70 60
4 Fitzroy 22 15 7 0 2699 2198 122.79 60
5 Essendon 22 12 9 1 2236 2127 105.12 50
6 Geelong 22 12 10 0 2149 2140 100.42 48
7 Hawthorn 22 10 12 0 2332 2336 99.83 40
8 Richmond 22 9 13 0 2451 2512 97.57 36
9 Footscray 22 7 14 1 2015 2463 81.81 30
10 South Melbourne 22 6 16 0 2424 2666 90.92 24
11 Melbourne 22 6 16 0 2093 2759 75.86 24
12 St Kilda 22 3 19 0 1857 2859 64.95 12
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. ↑ "AFL Tables - 1979 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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