1979 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 123.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ross Glendinning (58)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Gary Dempsey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Greig, Wayne Schimmelbusch

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alves, Stan #2 18 R01-R04, R07, R09-R12, R15-R20, QF, SF, PF 9
Baker, Phil #29 4 R03-R06 0
Blight, Malcolm #15 19 R01-R04, R06-R11, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 60
Bond, Shane #14 2 R03-R04 2
Boyse, Maurice #44 15 R03-R13, R21, QF, SF, PF 14
Briedis, Arnold #6 10 R01-R02, R10-R11, R13-R17, PF 19
Bryant, Kevin #9 19 R01-R04, R06, R11-R22, QF, SF 17
Byrne, John #21 6 R01-R05, R08 9
Cassin, John #3 14 R01-R04, R06, R10-R11, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 14
Cornes, Graham #11 5 R01-R02, R08-R10 10
Crosswell, Brent #8 10 R07-R10, R12-R15, R21, PF 13
Dempsey, Gary #24 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 14
Dench, David #23 13 R01-R08, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 4
Easton, Stephen #1 15 R03-R05, R07, R09-R13, R17-R19, QF, SF, PF 18
Ebert, Russell #7 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 15
Glendinning, Ross #4 21 R01-R02, R05-R07, R09-R22, QF, SF 59
Good, Kerry #18 8 R08, R11-R12, R18-R20, R22, SF 17
Greig, Keith #27 22 R01-R02, R04-R22, PF 1
Gumbleton, Frank #38 1 R20 0
Henshaw, Ross #34 15 R08-R09, R11-R22, QF 0
Icke, Stephen #36 20 R03-R10, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF 4
Jarrott, Alan #47 17 R05-R07, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 6
Law, John #13 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 0
McCann, Stephen #16 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 7
Melrose, Graham #17 22 R01-R08, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 18
Montgomery, Ken #12 5 R05-R07, R10, PF 0
Murphy, John #26 6 R12, R15-R16, R19, R21, QF 5
Nettlefold, Bill #35 14 R03, R05-R09, R11-R16, R18, SF 7
Nolan, Mick #22 6 R08, R14, R16, R20-R22 1
Payne, Glenn #33 6 R01-R02, R05, R09-R11 5
Podolczak, Roger #37 7 R12-R18 6
Ramsay, Roy #38 9 R01-R08, PF 0
Schimmelbusch, Daryl #48 7 R09, R13-R17, R22 3
Schimmelbusch, Wayne #20 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 24
Smith, Doug #19 2 R01-R02 0
Sutton, Darryl #5 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 14
Tanner, Xavier #25 13 R09-R11, R13-R14, R17-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF 15

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 18 -0- 7 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 20 Ron Barassi unknown
14/04/1979 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 39 Ron Barassi unknown
21/04/1979 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 28 Ron Barassi Wayne Schimmelbusch
28/04/1979 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 50 Ron Barassi unknown
05/05/1979 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 50 Ron Barassi unknown
12/05/1979 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 5 Ron Barassi unknown
19/05/1979 Round 7 Carlton AWAY WIN NOR by 4 Ron Barassi unknown
26/05/1979 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 54 Ron Barassi unknown
02/06/1979 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 45 Ron Barassi unknown
10/06/1979 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 51 Ron Barassi unknown
18/06/1979 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 3 Ron Barassi unknown
23/06/1979 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 47 Ron Barassi unknown
30/06/1979 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 12 Ron Barassi unknown
07/07/1979 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 18 Ron Barassi unknown
14/07/1979 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY WIN NOR by 57 Ron Barassi unknown
21/07/1979 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 22 Ron Barassi unknown
28/07/1979 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 13 Ron Barassi unknown
04/08/1979 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 22 Ron Barassi unknown
11/08/1979 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 67 Ron Barassi unknown
18/08/1979 Round 20 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 72 Ron Barassi unknown
25/08/1979 Round 21 Hawthorn AWAY WIN NOR by 105 Ron Barassi unknown
01/09/1979 Round 22 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 79 Ron Barassi unknown
08/09/1979 Qualifying Final Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 39 Ron Barassi Wayne Schimmelbusch
15/09/1979 Semi Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 38 Ron Barassi Wayne Schimmelbusch
22/09/1979 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 27 Ron Barassi unknown