1976 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 116.8%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Cable (28)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Wayne Schimmelbusch (35)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): David Dench

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Greig

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Blight, Malcolm #15 23 R01-R15, R17-R18, R20, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 35
Briedis, Arnold #6 4 R01-R03, R08 5
Briedis, Robert #50 1 R02 0
Burns, John #11 22 R03-R16, R18-R21, QF, SF, PF, GF 11
Byrne, John #21 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 4
Cable, Barry #9 25 R01-R03, R05-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 30
Chisnall, Peter #40 23 R01-R15, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 2
Cowton, Gary #13 23 R01-R02, R05, R07-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 10
Crosswell, Brent #8 13 R04, R12-R18, R21-R22, QF, SF, GF 30
Dawson, Mark #7 21 R01, R03, R07-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 26
Dench, David #23 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 2
Douglas, John #14 2 R09-R10 0
Feltham, Paul #18 21 R01-R06, R11-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 7
Frazer, John #29 3 R04, R06-R07 7
Gallagher, Adrian #10 1 R05 0
Gray, Gary #25 2 R02-R03 0
Greig, Keith #27 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 6
Gumbleton, Frank #38 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 1
Henshaw, Ross #34 13 R01-R09, R21, SF, PF, GF 0
Icke, Stephen #36 20 R01-R02, R05-R11, R14-R17, R19-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 6
Keenan, Peter #1 20 R02-R07, R10-R14, R16-R17, R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 13
Kekovich, Sam #4 8 R01-R02, R11-R13, QF, SF, PF 11
Melrose, Graham #17 23 R01-R10, R13-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 34
Montgomery, Ken #12 20 R03-R21, QF 1
Moore, Terry #28 24 R01-R20, R22, QF, PF, GF 11
Moylan, John #24 5 R02, R14-R15, R18, R21 1
Munari, Dennis #37 4 R17-R20 1
Nettlefold, Bill #35 12 R04-R07, R15-R22 4
Nolan, Mick #22 12 R06-R11, R18-R20, SF, PF, GF 4
O'Donoghue, Paul #46 1 R01 0
Ramsay, Roy #45 9 R12, R16-R22, QF 0
Ryan, Phil #19 6 R01, R04, R13, R20-R22 0
Schimmelbusch, Wayne #20 24 R01-R18, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 43
Seery, Colin #41 2 R03-R04 3
Smith, Rob #26 12 R01, R03, R08-R16, R21 21
Sutton, Darryl #5 5 R19, R22, SF, PF, GF 6
Tanner, Xavier #49 9 R05-R06, R08-R09, R12, R15-R17, R21 3
Zantuck, Shane #48 3 R04, R10-R11 1

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Barassi, Ron 25 17 -0- 8 R01-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF
Jordon, Ray 1 0 -0- 1 R21

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1976 Round 1 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 23 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
10/04/1976 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 22 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
19/04/1976 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 19 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
24/04/1976 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 21 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
01/05/1976 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 6 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
08/05/1976 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 72 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
15/05/1976 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 29 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
22/05/1976 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 50 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
29/05/1976 Round 9 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 4 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
05/06/1976 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 5 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
12/06/1976 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 26 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
19/06/1976 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 85 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
26/06/1976 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 8 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
03/07/1976 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 17 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
10/07/1976 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 5 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
17/07/1976 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 67 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
24/07/1976 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 19 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
31/07/1976 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY WIN NOR by 4 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
07/08/1976 Round 19 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 11 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
14/08/1976 Round 20 Essendon AWAY WIN NOR by 26 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
21/08/1976 Round 21 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 49 Ray Jordon Keith Greig
28/08/1976 Round 22 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 37 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
04/09/1976 Qualifying Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 20 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
11/09/1976 Semi Final Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 33 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
18/09/1976 Preliminary Final Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 1 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
25/09/1976 Grand Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 30 Ron Barassi Keith Greig