1975 VFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1975 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round nine of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

North Melbourne (11.17.83) were defeated by Essendon (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 31 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 28,936

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 6 5 . 10 9 . 12 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 0 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 8 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin NMLB by 16 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 ? 1 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 1 ? 0 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 1 ? 0 1
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 ? 0 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 2 ? 6 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 ? 3 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 2 ? 0 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 3 17 12 5 1 ? 5 4
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 1 ? 3 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 3 ? 2 5
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 ? 3 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 ? 5 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 3 2 19 16 3 3 ? 2 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 ? 2 4
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 ? 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 8 ? 0 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 1 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 ? 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 2 ? 2 1
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 0 3 4 3 1 3 ? 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 17 274 216 58 52 0+ 38 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 ? 1 1
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 ? 1 5
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 3 ? 4 3
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 7 ? 4 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 30 26 4 8 ? 1 5
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 3 1 20 17 3 6 ? 3 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 ? 5 0
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 ? 3 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 ? 0 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 ? 4 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 10 ? 4 1
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 ? 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 4 4 14 11 3 5 ? 1 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 ? 3 4
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 ? 4 1
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 ? 1 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 ? 2 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 2 ? 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 8 298 242 56 77 0+ 44 38

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