1976 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1976 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round one of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

North Melbourne (9.10.64) were defeated by Melbourne (11.21.87).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 17,986

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.10.64 - 11.21.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 6 4 . 6 8 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Melbourne 1 . 2 7 . 8 10 . 12 11 . 21 11 . 21 (87)
Margin NMLB by 16 MELB by 20 MELB by 17 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 29 26 3 9 1 5 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 3 0 4 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 4 0 2 1
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 0 0 7 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 0 0
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 5 0 1 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 4 0 1 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 2 2 6
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 0 5 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 1 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 1 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 2 0 2 4
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 7 16 2 5
46 O'Donoghue, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 8 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 1 29 24 5 9 0 2 3
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 10 293 216 77 70 29 40 39

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 2 31 17 14 4 0 3 1
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 4 2 0 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 0 3
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 4
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 5 25 19 6 1 0 5 4
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 3 23 18 5 3 0 5 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 2 4 12 10 2 5 1 2 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 6 0 0 2
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 2
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 6 13 2 0
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 9 0 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 2 5
29 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 4 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 21 293 227 66 71 16 36 37

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