1976 VFL Round 3: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1976 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round 3 of the 1976 VFL season. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at MCG. Francis Bourke captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), K. Bartlett, N. Carter, C. Clayton, D. Cloke, D. Cumming, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, B. Heard, E. Leech, R. McGhie, B. Monteath, K. Morris, J. Pitura, N. Roberts, K. Sheedy, K. Stonehouse, S. Taubert, M. Thompson, D. Thorpe

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Burns, J. Byrne, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, M. Dawson, P. Feltham, G. Gray, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, P. Keenan, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, W. Schimmelbusch, C. Seery, R. Smith

Richmond (14.18.102) defeated North Melbourne (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Richmond: K. Bartlett (3), N. Carter (2), B. Monteath (2), N. Roberts (2), S. Taubert (2), B. Heard, K. Stonehouse, D. Thorpe
North Melbourne: B. Cable (3), G. Melrose (2), T. Moore (2), R. Smith (2), A. Briedis, M. Dawson, K. Montgomery

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) and North Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 19 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,413

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.18.102 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 5 . 10 11 . 13 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
North Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 6 9 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin NMLB by 1 NMLB by 14 RICH by 15 RICH by 19 RICH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Francis Bourke (Richmond), Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Richmond), David Dench (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Quinn, J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 3 28 27 1 3 0 ? ?
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 ? ?
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 2 0 ? ?
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 1 0 ? ?
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 3 9 8 1 3 0 ? ?
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 ? ?
36 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 ? ?
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 ? ?
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 9 ? ?
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 ? ?
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 3 0 ? ?
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 ? ?
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 6 0 ? ?
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 4 0 ? ?
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 ? ?
27 Stonehouse, Ken ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 ? ?
9 Taubert, Steven ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 4 0 ? ?
23 Thompson, Murray ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 ? ?
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 3 0 ? ?
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 14 18 241 208 33 58 9 0+ 0+

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 ? ?
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 ? ?
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 ? ?
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 ? ?
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 3 1 19 11 8 0 0 ? ?
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 5 0 ? ?
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 0 ? ?
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 ? ?
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 4 0 ? ?
25 Gray, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 ? ?
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 ? ?
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 ? ?
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 ? ?
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 ? ?
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 2 0 ? ?
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 4 0 ? ?
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 8 16 ? ?
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 2 24 17 7 4 0 ? ?
41 Seery, Colin ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 2 0 ? ?
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 5 0 ? ?
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 11 271 210 61 69 16 0+ 0+

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