1975 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1975 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round twenty of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the hosts with Graham Moss as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (15.15.105) defeated North Melbourne (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,545

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 15.15.105 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 9 . 4 12 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
North Melbourne 4 . 6 6 . 7 9 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin NMLB by 16 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Vice-Captain: Graham Moss (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 4 1 3 3
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 5 3
46 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 2 1
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 0 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 1 12 9 3 3 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 5 0
7 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 1 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 8 0 2 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 6 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 3 7 3 2
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 7 20 3 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 4 0 6 2
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 4 0 1 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 1 0 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 7 0 6 2
17 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 3 23 21 2 0 0 4 1
47 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 6 0 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 15 257 224 33 64 30 53 35

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 3 0 2 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 3 0 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 2 21 15 6 4 0 2 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 3 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 33 27 6 6 0 3 5
35 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 2 20 14 6 6 0 3 6
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 1 1 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 4 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 3 2 14 7 7 3 1 2 4
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 5 0 0 1
16 Michalczyk, Dick ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 1 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 2
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 4 16 1 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 2 1
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 5 2 6
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 13 312 227 85 73 27 33 53

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