1975 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1975 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round six of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

North Melbourne (18.11.119) defeated Footscray (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 18,875

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.11.119 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 4 11 . 6 12 . 9 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Footscray 1 . 4 3 . 9 7 . 11 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin NMLB by 24 NMLB by 45 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 53 NMLB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 5 ? 0 3
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 ? 1 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 4 0 25 17 8 4 ? 1 7
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 3 ? 1 1
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 1 ? 2 6
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 3 0 21 12 9 5 ? 3 4
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 3 ? 1 0
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 1 0 25 12 13 2 ? 0 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 2 1 32 17 15 7 ? 0 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 3 ? 1 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 3 ? 5 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 ? 2 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 6 ? 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 4 2 25 22 3 5 ? 2 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 7 ? 3 0
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 ? 3 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 ? 1 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 ? 0 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 3 28 24 4 9 ? 3 1
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 ? 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 11 370 263 107 86 0+ 32 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 6 ? 4 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 1 18 18 0 8 ? 4 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 ? 1 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 2 ? 4 3
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 2 21 21 0 4 ? 2 4
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 2 ? 0 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 ? 2 0
16 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 ? 2 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 ? 2 3
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 4 ? 4 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 ? 2 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 8 ? 1 2
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 5 ? 3 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 2 15 7 8 7 ? 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 ? 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 ? 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 ? 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 ? 3 0
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 2 ? 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 12 278 230 48 65 0+ 41 32

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