1981 VFL Season: North Melbourne
Season Team Details
Season:
1981 VFL Season
Team:
North Melbourne
Home Ground:
Arden Street Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 104.1%)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Players:
40
Brownlow Leader(s):
Ross Glendinning (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away):
Malcolm Blight (70)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s):
David Dench
Team Leaders
Captain(s): Wayne Schimmelbusch
Player Results
| Player | Guernsey(s) | Match(es) | Round(s) | Goal(s) | Brownlow |
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| Blight, Malcolm | #15 | 15 | R01-R02, R06-R12, R14-R19 | 70 | |
| Boyse, Maurice | #28 | 4 | R01-R02, R04-R05 | 3 | |
| Briedis, Arnold | #6 | 6 | R08, R10, R15-R16, R21-R22 | 5 | |
| Bryant, Kevin | #9 | 7 | R07-R08, R16, R18-R21 | 0 | |
| Byrne, John | #21 | 10 | R12-R13, R15-R22 | 9 | |
| Cassin, John | #3 | 4 | R06-R09 | 4 | |
| Demetriou, Andrew | #48 | 12 | R07-R12, R14, R18-R22 | 5 | |
| Dempsey, Gary | #24 | 22 | R01-R22 | 4 | |
| Dench, David | #23 | 21 | R01-R04, R06-R22 | 0 | |
| Dugdale, Dean | #44 | 5 | R15, R18-R21 | 2 | |
| Dugdale, Glenn | #46 | 10 | R10-R15, R18-R20, R22 | 6 | |
| Easton, Stephen | #1 | 9 | R01-R05, R08, R11, R16-R17 | 7 | |
| Glendinning, Ross | #4 | 22 | R01-R22 | 11 | |
| Good, Kerry | #7 | 16 | R01-R06, R09-R11, R13-R16, R20-R22 | 49 | |
| Goulding, Steven | #35 | 2 | R13-R14 | 2 | |
| Greig, Keith | #27 | 3 | R01, R06-R07 | 0 | |
| Henderson, Darryl | #26 | 10 | R04-R07, R13-R15, R17-R19 | 0 | |
| Henshaw, Ross | #34 | 15 | R06-R09, R11-R14, R16-R22 | 0 | |
| Hodgeman, Kym | #17 | 18 | R01-R07, R11-R14, R16-R22 | 23 | |
| Holt, John | #56 | 4 | R17-R20 | 7 | |
| Icke, Stephen | #36 | 8 | R01-R04, R08-R09, R13, R15 | 1 | |
| Jarrott, Alan | #47 | 15 | R02-R09, R12-R17, R20 | 8 | |
| Jonas, Peter | #18 | 7 | R06-R12 | 9 | |
| Kelly, Phil | #14 | 17 | R01-R11, R14, R17, R19-R22 | 13 | |
| Law, John | #13 | 15 | R01-R12, R14, R18, R22 | 2 | |
| McCann, Stephen | #16 | 20 | R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R22 | 16 | |
| McGuire, Kevin | #31 | 5 | R03-R04, R10, R12, R14 | 0 | |
| Montgomery, Ken | #12 | 4 | R15-R16, R20-R21 | 0 | |
| Payne, Glenn | #33 | 2 | R03-R04 | 2 | |
| Podolczak, Roger | #37 | 1 | R03 | 0 | |
| Ramsay, Roy | #8 | 8 | R01, R03-R05, R10-R13 | 0 | |
| Reeves, Michael | #30 | 13 | R04-R09, R12-R14, R17-R18, R21-R22 | 5 | |
| Schimmelbusch, Daryl | #11 | 16 | R01-R03, R05-R10, R13-R17, R21-R22 | 15 | |
| Schimmelbusch, Wayne | #20 | 16 | R01-R11, R13-R17 | 16 | |
| Smith, Doug | #19 | 11 | R01-R06, R09-R10, R13, R15-R16 | 4 | |
| Smith, Peter | #39 | 5 | R17-R19, R21-R22 | 0 | |
| Spencer, Peter | #2 | 19 | R01-R05, R08-R14, R16-R22 | 26 | |
| Tanner, Xavier | #25 | 14 | R02-R05, R11-R12, R15-R22 | 3 | |
| Wilson, Brian | #28 | 18 | R01-R02, R05-R13, R15-R17, R19-R22 | 5 | |
| Wright, Rodney | #32 | 11 | R01-R02, R05, R10-R12, R15, R18-R20, R22 | 5 |
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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) | |||
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| Blight, Malcolm | 16 | 6 | -0- | 10 | R01-R16 |
| Cable, Barry | 6 | 4 | -0- | 2 | R17-R22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
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| 28/03/1981 | Round 1 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | NOR by 48 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 04/04/1981 | Round 2 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESS by 12 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 11/04/1981 | Round 3 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | NOR by 27 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 18/04/1981 | Round 4 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RIC by 29 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 25/04/1981 | Round 5 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HAW by 35 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 02/05/1981 | Round 6 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | NOR by 53 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 09/05/1981 | Round 7 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | NOR by 64 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 16/05/1981 | Round 8 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | NOR by 104 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 23/05/1981 | Round 9 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COL by 13 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 30/05/1981 | Round 10 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | NOR by 129 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 06/06/1981 | Round 11 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CAR by 31 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 13/06/1981 | Round 12 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESS by 47 | Malcolm Blight | unknown |
| 20/06/1981 | Round 13 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEE by 114 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 27/06/1981 | Round 14 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RIC by 43 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 04/07/1981 | Round 15 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HAW by 60 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 18/07/1981 | Round 16 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FIT by 34 | Malcolm Blight | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 25/07/1981 | Round 17 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | NOR by 9 | Barry Cable | Wayne Schimmelbusch |
| 01/08/1981 | Round 18 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | NOR by 32 | Barry Cable | unknown |
| 08/08/1981 | Round 19 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COL by 24 | Barry Cable | unknown |
| 15/08/1981 | Round 20 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | NOR by 58 | Barry Cable | unknown |
| 22/08/1981 | Round 21 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CAR by 22 | Barry Cable | unknown |
| 29/08/1981 | Round 22 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | NOR by 33 | Barry Cable | unknown |
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