Match Recap
Round 7·Sat, 19-May-1979 2:10 PM·Windy Hill·21,426 att.
Essendon
23.18 (156)
vs
Melbourne
9.20 (74)
Essendon won by 82

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon7.7 (49)15.8 (98)17.12 (114)23.18 (156)23.18 (156)
Melbourne2.5 (17)4.9 (33)6.14 (50)9.20 (74)9.20 (74)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#38 Peter Bennett74112
#17 Colin Boyd6395
#31 Max Crow32511
#6 Neale Daniher125177
#5 Terry Daniher153181173
#21 Ken Fletcher184224
#10 Garry Foulds1531851
#9 Shane Heard729321
#1 Peter Keenan102126118
#27 Simon Madden10717112112
#13 Ken Mansfield1181922
#37 Ian Marsh216276
#34 Merv Neagle751242
#15 Wayne Primmer1421653
#2 Alan Reid18523132
#24 Stephen Robins2553064
#36 Denis Scanlon7185
#26 Robert Shaw931261
#18 Paul Vander Haar182209211
#32 Tim Watson14102453

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#14 Michael Byrne8513616
#7 Barry Denny74114
#10 Carl Ditterich861442118
#6 Robert Elliott124161
#2 Robert Flower12132561
#9 Laurie Fowler177245
#20 Graham Gaunt1441813
#17 Shane Grambeau831121
#26 Stewart Gull72913
#30 Peter Hamilton7293
#39 Gerard Healy7741
#5 Graham Hunnibell34716
#24 Tony Martyn671341
#29 Andrew Moir3141
#23 Kelly ODonnell1441833
#40 Peter Thorne1091924
#16 Robert Walters63911
#11 Greg Wells20323213
#27 Don Whitford135183
#18 Maurice Wingate14142