1975 VFL Season Preliminary Final: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 1975 between North Melbourne and Richmond in the preliminary final of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Royce Hart captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne (10.16.76) defeated Richmond (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 September 1975
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 71,130

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 10.16.76 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 5 . 6 8 . 11 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Richmond 1 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 9 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 17 NMLB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 4 1 1 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 11 0 4 5
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 4 0 0 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 2 28 16 12 3 0 1 4
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 6 0 3 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 2 24 13 11 5 0 2 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 2 2 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 33 28 5 8 1 2 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 1 2 2
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 2 1 8 4 4 4 1 2 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 8 0 0 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 1 3 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 1 4 19 11 8 5 4 0 3
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 23 1 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 7 1 2 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 5 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 16 339 240 99 91 35 30 47

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 2
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 5 10 5 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 1 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 4 1
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 7 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 0 2 0
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 8 0 2 2
36 Edwards, Allan ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 4 0 1 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 13 2 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 1
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 4 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 2
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 2 0 3 5
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 3
32 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 2 24 20 4 1 0 2 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 11 250 197 53 53 23 47 30

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s