1977 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 117.8%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): David Dench (26)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Brent Crosswell (36)
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
Alves, Stan #2 16 R07, R09-R15, R17, R19-R20, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 3
Baker, Phil #29 21 R01-R06, R09-R13, R17-R22, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 35
Blight, Malcolm #15 24 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 24
Boyse, Maurice #44 4 R18-R19, R21-R22 1
Briedis, Arnold #6 23 R01-R02, R04-R09, R12-R17, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 40
Briedis, Robert #49 1 R21 0
Byrne, John #21 23 R01-R08, R11-R16, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 16
Cable, Barry #9 25 R01-R03, R06-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 34
Cassin, John #3 27 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 36
Cowton, Gary #13 21 R01-R05, R07, R09-R15, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 1
Crosswell, Brent #8 24 R01-R17, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 42
Davis, Craig #14 5 R20-R22, QF, SF 13
Dawson, Mark #7 9 R05-R13 10
Dench, David #23 25 R01-R08, R10-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 5
Frazer, John #19 7 R04, R07-R11, R20 20
Good, Kerry #18 4 R10-R11, R15-R16 5
Greig, Keith #27 8 R01-R06, R12-R13 0
Gumbleton, Frank #30 19 R01-R10, R13-R15, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 2
Henshaw, Ross #34 23 R01-R06, R08-R16, R18-R20, R22, QF, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
Icke, Stephen #36 26 R01-R06, R08-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 9
Jarrott, Alan #47 8 R17-R22, QF, SF 2
Keenan, Peter #1 14 R01, R08-R09, R12, R17-R22, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
May, Tony #33 2 R03, R15 0
McCann, Stephen #16 5 R10-R11, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
Melrose, Graham #17 19 R01-R19 24
Montgomery, Ken #12 20 R01-R04, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
Moore, Terry #28 16 R02-R04, R06-R16, R18, QF 5
Moylan, John #24 11 R03-R05, R07-R11, R19-R21 0
Munari, Dennis #37 3 R14, R16-R17 0
Nettlefold, Bill #35 10 R12, R14-R18, R20, PF, GF, GF(R) 0
Nolan, Mick #22 19 R01-R07, R13-R22, QF, SF 3
Ramsay, Roy #45 9 R01-R02, R05-R08, R16-R18 0
Scanlan, Glen #38 4 R04, R07-R09 0
Schimmelbusch, Wayne #20 26 R01-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 27
Smith, Rob #26 2 R18, QF 0
Sutton, Darryl #5 15 R05-R11, R13, R17-R19, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 14
Tanner, Xavier #25 21 R01-R06, R13-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R) 10
Williams, Mark #39 1 R16 0

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 26 18 -1- 7 R01-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GF(R)
Dugdale, John 1 0 -0- 1 R13

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN NOR by 60 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
09/04/1977 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 9 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
16/04/1977 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 3 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
23/04/1977 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 35 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
30/04/1977 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 20 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
07/05/1977 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 33 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
14/05/1977 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 65 Ron Barassi unknown
21/05/1977 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 3 Ron Barassi unknown
28/05/1977 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 10 Ron Barassi unknown
04/06/1977 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 85 Ron Barassi unknown
11/06/1977 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 16 Ron Barassi unknown
18/06/1977 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 1 Ron Barassi Keith Greig
25/06/1977 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 41 John Dugdale Keith Greig
02/07/1977 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 17 Ron Barassi unknown
09/07/1977 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 51 Ron Barassi unknown
16/07/1977 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 39 Ron Barassi unknown
23/07/1977 Round 17 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 3 Ron Barassi unknown
30/07/1977 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 44 Ron Barassi unknown
06/08/1977 Round 19 Carlton HOME WIN NOR by 20 Ron Barassi unknown
13/08/1977 Round 20 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 14 Ron Barassi unknown
20/08/1977 Round 21 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 28 Ron Barassi unknown
27/08/1977 Round 22 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 10 Ron Barassi unknown
03/09/1977 Qualifying Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 38 Ron Barassi unknown
10/09/1977 Semi Final Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 47 Ron Barassi unknown
17/09/1977 Preliminary Final Hawthorn AWAY WIN NOR by 67 Ron Barassi unknown
24/09/1977 Grand Final Collingwood AWAY DRAW drawn Ron Barassi David Dench
01/10/1977 Grand Final (R) Collingwood AWAY WIN NOR by 27 Ron Barassi David Dench