1978 Preliminary Final: North Melbourne v Collingwood

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday, September 23rd, 1978
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park (Waverley Park)
Attendance: 73,354
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 14.12.96 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Collingwood 2 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin NOR by 9 NOR by 15 NOR by 14 NOR by 12 NOR by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Tom Hafey (Collingwood)
Captain(s): Keith Greig (North Melbourne), Len Thompson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Neville Nash, Ian Robinson
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 5 0 2 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 9 2 3 4
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 2 1 16 15 1 6 0 2 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 2 13 9 4 5 0 2 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 2 26 16 10 6 0 2 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 1
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 4
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 3 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 3 2
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 23 13 10 4 0 2 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 4 9 3 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 2 23 13 10 6 0 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 5 0 5 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 20 3 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 2
46 Smith, Doug ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total 14 12 321 228 93 80 31 37 49

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 3 0 4 2
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
2 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 1 1 0 5
44 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 0 15 13 2 5 2 4 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 5 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 3 0
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 4 2 2
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 22 22 0 2 1 3 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 5
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 7 0 7 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 5
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 3 0 20 11 9 1 1 2 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 3 15 12 3 6 1 2 0
1 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 10 2 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 3 23 12 11 1 0 4 2
37 Whitcroft, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 4 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total 12 12 254 192 62 52 20 49 37

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
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Collingwood Coach: Tom Hafey

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