1979 WANFL Grand Final
The 1979 WANFL Grand Final was an
Build up
Throughout the 1979 season,
Match summary
The match is often cited as one of the greatest Grand Finals of all time (in any State League).[citation needed] It was typified by two players in particular, Kevin Taylor of East Fremantle (who kicked seven goals from a midfield position and claimed the Simpson Medal) and Maurice Rioli of South Fremantle. The game was a see sawing affair in which both teams both took and gave away potential match winning leads. In the end it was East Fremantle who had more poise and went on to win the match.
Match
| 1979 WANFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 22 September 1979 | South Fremantle | def. by | East Fremantle | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 52,781 (record)) | [1] |
| 4.5 (29) 8.10 (58) 14.14 (98) 16.16 (112) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
3.5 (23) 10.13 (73) 13.16 (94) 21.19 (145) |
Umpires: Ross Capes, John Morris Simpson Medal: Kevin Taylor | ||
| Bauskis 5 Vigona, Morley 3 Mountain 2 Rioli, Carter, Haddow 1 |
Goals | 7 Taylor 4 Turco, Thomson 3 Buhagiar 1 Judge, Sims, Sewell | |||
| Mountain, Michael, Bauskis, Morley, Cavanagh, Rioli | Best | Buhagiar, Peake, Taylor, D Green, S Green, Carrott | |||
Attendance
The official game attendance of 52,781 was the record for the largest turn out to an Australian rules football game in Western Australia until 2018.[1]
Teams line-ups
East Fremantle
Backs: Andrew Purser, Roger Crouch, Mal Dobson
Half-backs: Merv Carrott, Doug Green, Peter LeCras
Centres: Rod Lester-Smith, Stephen Green, John Sims
Half-forwards: Mario Turco, Jim Sewell, Wayne Cormack
Forwards: Ken Judge, Ian Thomson, Kevin Taylor
Ruck: Graeme Carter, Brian Peake, Tony Buhagiar
Interchange: Robbie Johnson, Graham Kickett
References
- ^ Poat, Peter, ed. (1980). Football Register. Westralian Publishers and Associates. p. 256.