1976 VFL Round 4: North Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1976 between North Melbourne and St Kilda during round 4 of the 1976 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), M. Blight, J. Burns, J. Byrne, P. Chisnall, B. Crosswell, P. Feltham, J. Frazer, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, P. Keenan, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, B. Nettlefold, P. Ryan, W. Schimmelbusch, C. Seery, S. Zantuck

St Kilda
I. Baker, T. Barker, N. Besanko, J. Bonney, P. Callery, C. Carter, G. Colling, B. Duperouzel, R. Elliott, M. Greene, R. Hunt, G. Lofts, M. Malthouse, B. Mildenhall, R. Muir, K. Neale, J. Sarau, D. Shepherd, S. Theodore, G. Young

North Melbourne (17.15.117) defeated St Kilda (14.12.96).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Keenan (5), W. Schimmelbusch (3), C. Seery (3), J. Frazer (2), J. Burns, B. Crosswell, P. Feltham, T. Moore
St Kilda: K. Neale (4), G. Young (3), B. Duperouzel (2), S. Theodore (2), P. Callery, C. Carter, G. Lofts

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and St Kilda remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 24 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,605

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 17.15.117 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 5 9 . 10 13 . 12 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
St Kilda 4 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 7 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin NMLB by 8 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Keith Greig (North Melbourne), unknown (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, B. Deller

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 0 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 5 0 4 6
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 2 3
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 1 3 5
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 4 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 3 18 15 3 4 0 1 2
29 Frazer, John ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 5 0 0 5
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 5 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 5 2 12 9 3 6 18 2 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 2 0 5 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 2
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 6 18 2 3
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 2 22 12 10 2 2 2 1
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 3 5 2 7
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 3 0 22 18 4 5 0 3 4
41 Seery, Colin ? ? 3 1 11 11 0 2 0 4 2
48 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 15 282 210 72 59 44 45 57

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
25 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 3 2
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 3 3
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 5
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 1 0 6 2
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 0 0 9 4
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 2 0
6 Greene, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 7 0 3 0
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 7 0 1 2
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 0 0 3 5
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 4 4
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 4 2 20 13 7 9 9 4 4
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 7 11 3 2
48 Shepherd, David ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 6 0 4 2
27 Young, George ? ? 3 2 11 9 2 7 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 275 217 58 71 20 57 45

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