1975 VFL Round 2: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1975 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round 2 of the 1975 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), A. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Cable, M. Dawson, G. Farrant, P. Feltham, B. Goodingham, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, G. Melrose, D. Michalczyk, K. Montgomery, M. Nolan, J. Rantall, W. Schimmelbusch, B. Smith, D. Wade

Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), G. Baker, R. Brewer, D. Campbell, T. Carroll, W. Delmenico, C. Ditterich, A. Dullard, R. Flower, L. Fowler, F. Giampaolo, G. Guy, G. Hardeman, P. Hurst, P. Keenan, M. Lyons, K. Smith, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, G. Wells

North Melbourne (15.13.103) were defeated by Melbourne (16.9.105).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: A. Briedis (4), D. Wade (4), M. Nolan (2), J. Burns, B. Cable, P. Feltham, D. Michalczyk, W. Schimmelbusch
Melbourne: C. Ditterich (5), G. Baker (2), R. Flower (2), M. Lyons (2), S. Alves, F. Giampaolo, P. Hurst, K. Smith, G. Wells

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Melbourne remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,325

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.13.103 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 6 7 . 8 11 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Melbourne 1 . 1 7 . 6 11 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin NMLB by 23 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 3 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Bob Skilton (Melbourne)
Captains: Barry Davis (North Melbourne), Stan Alves (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 4 2 17 15 2 5 ? 1 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 3 ? 2 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 0 ? 0 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 5 ? 1 0
35 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 ? 2 0
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 ? 3 2
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 ? 1 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 2 21 18 3 5 ? 2 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 ? 3 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 3 ? 5 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 ? 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 2 22 18 4 1 ? 3 0
16 Michalczyk, Dick ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 2 ? 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 ? 2 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 4 ? 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 ? 4 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 1 ? 1 1
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 ? 6 2
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 1 7 7 0 2 ? 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 13 273 208 65 49 0+ 40 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 ? 2 4
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 4 ? 4 4
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 0 ? 1 5
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 ? 2 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 5 1 16 12 4 0 ? 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 2 ? 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 0 28 27 1 5 ? 6 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 6 ? 2 4
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 0 ? 1 1
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 ? 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 2 ? 2 4
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 ? 1 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 ? 1 3
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 2 2 19 18 1 4 ? 0 0
32 Smith, Kim ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 ? 1 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 ? 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 ? 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 26 23 3 6 ? 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 9 275 230 45 47 0+ 24 40

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