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1979 Reserves Season

Reserves Best and Fairest - Chris Woodman
Second Best and Fairest - Tony Sullivan
Special Awards - Peter Giles, Bruce Elliott, Graham Hunnibell

Players included Barnes, Bardoel, Bickford, Ray Biffin, Buntz, Burn, Carman, Clayton, Clarke, Code, Dellamarta, Denko, Denny, Tony Dullard, Jim Durnan, Bruce Elliott, Tony Elshaug, Tom Flower, Gees, Giles, Goodman, Gordon, Shane Grambeau, Green, Stewart Gull, Halsall, Hunnibell, Hutchison, Kelly, Kitto, Lockwood, Martyn, McCormack, Maynard, Andrew Moir, Moncrieff, Moulton, Norsworthy, O'Donnell, O'Keefe, Parison, Payne, R. Richards, Roberts, Seaton, Ray Smith, Sullivan, Thorne, Wallace, Whitford, Wingate, Woodman. Frank Davis sat on the bench in Round 7 but did not take the field.

Practice Match (24 March)
Melbourne vs South Melbourne

Round 1
Footscray 18.19.127 d. Melbourne 18.17.125
Goals - Woodman 5, Code 2, Hunnibell 2, Walters 1, Gordon 1, Maynard 1, Begg 1, Wallace 1, McKeon 1, Johnston 1, Whitfort 1, Norsworthy 1
Best - Maynard, Gordon, Hunnibell
Reports - Walters (spitting in face of umpire)

Round 2
Geelong 16.24.120 d. Melbourne 15.18.108
Goals - Norsworthy 3, O'Donnell 3, Maynard 2, Byrne 1, Code 1, Lockwood 1, Roberts 1, Seaton 1, Wallace 1, Whitford 1
Best - Norsworthy, Richards, Elliott

Round 3
South Melbourne 15.14.104 d. Melbourne 8.17.65
Goals - Fitzsimmons 3, Roberts 2, Walters 2, Code 1
Best - Hunnibell, Ellliott, O'Keefe

Round 4
Richmond 14.21.105 d. Melbourne 11.17.83
Goals - O'Donnell 4, Byrne 2, Code 2, Fitzsimmons 1, Lockwood 1, Seaton 1
Best - Byrne, O'Keefe, O'Donnell

Round 5
Carlton 21.20.146 d. Melbourne 13.16.94
Goals - Fitzsimmons 3, T. Flower 3, Roberts 2, Biffin 1, Code 1, Clayton 1, Lockwood 1, Maynard 1
Best - Sullivan, Clayton, Code

Round 6
Fitzroy 24.10 d. Melbourne 14.17
Goals - Thorne 4, Flower 2, Maynard 2, Biffin 1, Durnan 1, Gull 1, Kelly 1, McCormack 1, Woodman 1
Best - Woodman, Giles, Kelly

Round 7
Essendon 20.18.138 d. Melbourne 18.7.115
Goals - Flower 4, Code 3, Biffin 2, Dullard 2, Hutchison 2, Whitford 2, Clayton 1, Gordon 1, Smith 1
Best - Giles, Flower, Hutchison

Round 8
Melbourne 21.16.142 d. Hawthorn 12.12.114
Goals - Whitford 5, Gull 4, Biffin 2, Martyn 2, Wallace 2, Woodman 2, Code 1, Durnan 1, Maynard 1, Moir 1
Best - Giles, K. Whitford, McCormack

Round 9
Melbourne 20.15.135 d.North Melbourne 20.8.128
Goals - Maynard 4, Woodman 4, Bull 3, Code 2, Dullard 2, Whitford 2, Byrne 1, Durnan 1, Thorne 1
Best - Martyn, Code, Sullivan

Round 10
St Kilda 14.11.95 d. Melbourne 11.10.76
Goals - Gull 2, Wallace 2, Woodman 2, Byrne 1, Durnan 1, Lockwood 1, Seaton 1, Thorne 1
Best - Denny, Woodman, Seaton

Round 11
Collingwood 24.11.155 d. Melbourne 16.17.113
Goals - Thorne 4, Gordon 3, Lockwood 2, Woodman 2, Bardoel 1, Hunnibell 1, Maynard 1, Moulton 1, McCormack 1
Best - Woodman, Denny, Wingate

Round 12
Melbourne 13.14.92 d. Footscray 12.13.85
Goals - Gull 5, Biffin 4, Bardoel 1, Coles 1, Seaton 1, Denny 1
Best - Carman, Gull, Seaton

Round 13
Geelong 21.17.143 d. Melbourne 17.20.122
Goals - Biffin 7, McCormack 2, Bardoel 1, Carman 1, Bull 1, Hutchinson 1, Wallace 1, Whitford 1, Code 1, Dullard 1
Best - Biffin, Gull, Denny

Round 14
Melbourne 14.8.92 d. Richmond 13.9.87
Goals - Dullard 4, Flower 3, Gull 3, McKenzie 1, Moir 1, O'Donnell 1, Wingate 1
Best - Dullard, Sullivan, Elshaug

Round 15
Melbourne 22.12.144 d. South Melbourne 18.13.121
Goals - Dellamarta 4, Carman 3, Gull 3, O'Donnell 3, Moir 2, Moncrieff 2, Flower 1, Moulton 1, Wallace 1, Whitford 1, Wingate 1
Best - Carman, Sullivan, Hutchison

Round 16
Carlton 16.24.114 d. Melbourne 9.13.67
Boals - Maynard 3, Wallace 2, Barnes 1, Flower 1, O'Donnell 1, Woodman 1
Best - Barnes, Denny, Sullivan

Round 17
Melbourne 27.19.181 d. Fitzroy 7.14.56
Goals - Moir 7, Gull 4, O'Donnell 4, Woodman 3, Bardoel 2, Flower 2, Maynard 2, Dellamarta 1, Wallace 1, Whitfort 1
Best - Burn, Wallace, Elshaug

Round 18
Melbourne 14.20.104 d. Essendon 14.15.99
Goals - Bull 4, O'Donnell 4, Dullard 2, Elshaug 1, Flower 1, Gordon 1, Wallace 1
Best - Elliott, Elshaug, Gordon

Round 19
Hawthorn 13.7.95 d. Melbourne 9.14.68
Goals - Elshaug 2, Gull 2, Denny 1, Dullard 1, Flower 1, Maynard 1, Woodman 1
Best - Elliott, Denny, Sullivan

Team
B: Whitford, Denko, Denny
HB: B. Elliott, Dellamarta, Sullivan
C: T. Flower, Martyn, Gordon
HF: Wallace, Dullard, Maynard
F: Hunnibell, Gull, Thorne
Foll: Woodman, Parrish, Elshaugh
Int from: O'Keefe, Clarke, Lockwood, Halsall, Buntz
Round 20
North Melbourne 21.17.143 d. Melbourne 12.8.80
Goals - Elshaug 5, Gull 2, Martyn 2, Flower 1, Lockwood 1, Maynard 1
Best - Hunnibell, Elshaug, Sullivan

Round 21
Melbourne 13.19.97 d. St Kilda 10.18.78
Goals - Biffin 6, Dellamarta 2, Gordon 2, Hunnibell 1, Lockwood 1, Moir 1
Best - Biffin, Sullivan, Woodman

Round 22
Collingwood 25.30.180 d. Melbourne 9.9.63
Goals - Flower 4, Dellamarta 2, Dullard 1, Halsall 1, O'Donnell 1
Best - Flower, Elliott, Halsall

Ladder

WDL%P:
Collingwood 1507138.560
North Melbourne 1507135.560
Footscray 1507124.360
Carlton 1408117.056
Geelong 1408113.356
Richmond 1309114.752
Essendon 12010109.448
Hawthorn 901393.836
Melbourne 801487.532
South Melbourne 801478.732
St Kilda501758.220
Fitzroy 401867.316

Goalkickers

GoalsPlayer
26 Stewart Gull
23 Ray Biffin
Tom Flower
21 Kelly O'Donnell
Chris Woodman
18 Peter Maynard
14 David Code
13 Tony Dullard
12 Andrew Moir
John Wallace
Don Whitford
10 Peter Thorne
9 John Dellamarta
8 Bull
Tony Elshaug
Wayne Gordon
7 Shane Fitzsimmons
6 Mark Lockwood
5 Peter Bardoel
Michael Byrne
Ken Roberts
4 Phil Carman
Jim Durnan
Graham Hunnibell
Tony Martyn
Ken McCormack
Barry Norsworthy
3 Greg Hutchison
Phil Seaton
Robert Walters
2 Cameron Clayton
Barry Denny
Russell Moncrieff
Glen Moulton
Ken Whitfort
Maurice Wingate
1 Tony Barnes
John Begg
Henry Coles
Halsall
Peter Johnston
Tony Kelly
Mark McKeon
McKenzie
Michael Smith

Notes
McKenzie is possibly Lindsay McKenzie
Gees is probably Giles