1975 VFL Round 18: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1975 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round 18 of the 1975 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Murray Weideman.

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

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, S. Clifford, I. Cooper, R. Dean, R. Dunne, D. Gott, J. Greening, K. Grose, B. Heard, A. Ireland, R. Kink, P. Manassa, B. Picken, B. Price, R. Shaw, J. Williams, J. Wise

North Melbourne (15.20.110) defeated Collingwood (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: D. Wade (4), S. Kekovich (3), B. Cable (2), M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Davis, K. Greig, W. Schimmelbusch
Collingwood: R. Dunne (4), J. Wise (2), A. Ireland, R. Kink

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Collingwood were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 2 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 20,589

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 15.20.110 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 3 6 . 10 14 . 17 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Collingwood 2 . 4 3 . 7 3 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin COLL by 7 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 74 NMLB by 52 NMLB by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Murray Weideman (Collingwood)
Captains: Barry Davis (North Melbourne), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), Len Thompson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 4 3 1 7
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 5 0 3 5
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 3 1 1 4
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 1 22 15 7 1 0 3 5
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 2 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 4 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 2 32 23 9 9 1 1 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 4 0 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 3 0 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 0 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 1 22 18 4 6 1 4 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 4 21 16 5 4 0 2 4
16 Michalczyk, Dick ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 1 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 13 3 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 1 2 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 5 0 2 2
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 1 9 7 2 4 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 20 336 235 101 77 24 36 48

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 4 1
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 7 0 1 4
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 1 4
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 4 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 4 1 15 13 2 4 0 0 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 3 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 7 14 4 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 0 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 9 0 5 1
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 2 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 2 0 5 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 2 0 1 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 6 4 5
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 5 1
37 Wise, John ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 10 249 206 43 51 20 48 36

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