1975 VFL Round 16: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1975 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round 16 of the 1975 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), A. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, B. Crosswell, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, S. Kekovich, G. Melrose, D. Michalczyk, J. Moylan, M. Nolan, P. Ryan, W. Schimmelbusch, R. Smith, D. Wade

Geelong
S. Newman (capt.), P. Baker, D. Barkley, M. Browne, B. Cousins, L. Crawford, L. Donohue, P. Doyle, J. Hawkins, R. Hunt, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, P. Sarah, D. Scale, J. Scarlett, K. Sheehan, M. Turner, A. Woodman, M. Woolnough

North Melbourne (14.25.109) defeated Geelong (6.19.55).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: G. Melrose (3), B. Cable (2), S. Icke (2), W. Schimmelbusch (2), D. Wade (2), A. Briedis, B. Crosswell, B. Davis
Geelong: P. Baker (3), D. Barkley, L. Donohue, I. Nankervis

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Geelong were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,002

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 14.25.109 - 6.19.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 9 10 . 19 14 . 25 14 . 25 (109)
Geelong 3 . 6 5 . 10 5 . 15 6 . 19 6 . 19 (55)
Margin GEEL by 15 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 54 NMLB by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Graham Farmer (Geelong)
Captains: Barry Davis (North Melbourne), Sam Newman (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Nash

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 6 27 20 7 11 0 4 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 6 0 1 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 4 32 18 14 5 0 4 1
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 2 2 0
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 28 21 7 5 0 1 0
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 3 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 4 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 2 3
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 3 0 1 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 3 3 23 21 2 5 0 3 4
16 Michalczyk, Dick ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 7 1 5 3
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 1 18 7 11 8 8 4 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 6 2 0 7
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 2 15 15 0 6 1 2 3
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 25 320 227 93 87 14 40 43

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 3 2 10 8 2 4 0 1 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 4 0 0 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 2 0
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 3 17 9 8 1 0 3 4
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 3 2 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 6 4 5 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 3
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 8 0 0 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 5 0 5 4
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 5 22 18 4 3 0 5 3
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 3
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 12 20 5 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Scale, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 4 0
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 4 0 4 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 3 0 0 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 19 268 212 56 80 27 39 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