1976 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1976 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round five of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (15.6.96) defeated North Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,760

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 15.6.96 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 10 . 3 12 . 5 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
North Melbourne 4 . 7 7 . 9 12 . 11 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin NMLB by 12 GEEL by 12 NMLB by 6 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Armour, David ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 0
5 Barkley, David ? ? 3 1 16 8 8 8 1 2 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 12 2 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 4 0 0 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 8 0 2 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 1 4
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 1 7 6 1 2 0 1 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 1 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 8 0 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 8 0 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 31 24 7 8 0 3 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 11 22 1 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 5 0 0 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 11 1 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 6 313 245 68 107 38 29 28

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 5 0 0 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 2 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 3 19 9 10 3 0 1 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 1 0 3 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 2 1 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 0 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 7 0 0 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 4 0 0 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 3
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 11 3 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 1 0 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 1 0
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 6 10 2 2
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 0 1 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 3 19 17 2 8 0 3 2
49 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 12 286 196 90 54 24 29 29

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