1979 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1979 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach David Parkin
Captain(s) Don Scott
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 10–12 (7th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and Fairest Kelvin Moore
Leading goalkicker Michael Moncrieff (45)
Highest home attendance37,276 (Round 4 vs. South Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance10,977 (Round 8 vs. Melbourne)
Average home attendance20,016
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The 1979 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 55th season in the Victorian Football League and 78th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers. This was the first time since 1973 Hawthorn didn't qualify for finals.

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Fixture

Premiership season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRecord
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 19.14 (128)14.19 (103)Lost by 25 points Moorabbin Oval (A)22,0600–1
2Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) Collingwood 13.24 (102)19.18 (132)Lost by 30 points Princes Park (H)29,3910–2
3Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 18.15 (123)11.17 (83)Won by 40 points Princes Park (H)14,8761–2
4Wednesday, 25 April (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 29.15 (189)15.5 (95)Won by 94 points VFL Park (H)37,2762–2
5Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 11.16 (82)24.17 (161)Won by 79 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)31,4793–2
6Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.12 (108)25.18 (168)Lost by 60 points Princes Park (H)29,9353–3
7Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 14.18 (102)11.24 (90)Lost by 12 points Junction Oval (A)15,8723–4
8Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 17.18 (120)10.17 (77)Won by 43 points Princes Park (H)10,9774–4
9Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 16.12 (108)17.14 (116)Lost by 8 points Princes Park (H)24,8754–5
10Sunday, 10 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 16.9 (105)23.18 (156)Won by 51 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A)31,3955–5
11Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Footscray 15.10 (100)15.11 (101)Lost by 1 point Princes Park (H)12,5165–6
12Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 19.18 (132)13.15 (93)Won by 39 points Princes Park (H)13,1765–7
13Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) Collingwood 25.19 (169)8.16 (64)Lost by 105 points Victoria Park (A)22,9035–8
14Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 13.11 (89)10.14 (74)Lost by 15 points Lake Oval (A)10,6265–9
15Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 11.12 (78)11.13 (79)Won by 1 point VFL Park (A)20,7776–9
16Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 14.20 (104)18.11 (119)Lost by 15 points Princes Park (H)13,5576–10
17Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 15.21 (111)12.11 (83)Lost by 28 points Princes Park (A)22,1596–11
18Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 15.14 (104)15.25 (115)Lost by 11 points Princes Park (H)15,1046–12
19Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 8.25 (73)14.11 (95)Won by 22 points VFL Park (A)12,8277–12
20Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 9.16 (70)10.14 (74)Won by 4 points Windy Hill (A)18,6718–12
21Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 7.18 (60)24.21 (165)Lost by 105 points Princes Park (H)18,4928–13
22Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) Footscray 9.11 (65)14.19 (103)Won by 38 points Western Oval (A)12,8399–13
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Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Carlton (P)22193027721986139.676
2 North Melbourne 22175025742083123.668
3 Collingwood 22157025011974126.760
4 Fitzroy 22157026992198122.860
5 Essendon 22129122362127105.150
6 Geelong 221210021492140100.448
7 Hawthorn 22101202332233699.840
8 Richmond 2291302451251297.636
9 Footscray 2271412015246381.830
10 South Melbourne 2261602424266690.924
11 Melbourne 2261602093275975.924
12 St Kilda 2231901857285965.012

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 106.5
Source: AFL Tables

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References

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


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