1976 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1976 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round six of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy 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 Kevin Rose.

North Melbourne (19.21.135) defeated Fitzroy (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 10,342

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.21.135 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 6 10 . 8 15 . 14 19 . 21 19 . 21 (135)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin NMLB by 15 NMLB by 32 NMLB by 54 NMLB by 72 NMLB by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Levens
K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 5 5 28 23 5 7 0 4 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 31 28 3 7 0 5 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 1 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 2 2 1 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 8 0 0 5
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 1 4 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 Frazer, John ? ? 4 3 14 8 6 5 0 3 3
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 3 0 2 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 0 3
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 0 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 5 16 1 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 2 22 15 7 7 0 3 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 1 0
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 7 6 1 2
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 3 0 0 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 6 12 2 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 4 2 20 16 4 6 0 3 2
49 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 21 334 236 98 90 37 31 35

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 10 10 1 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 3 0 3 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 3 0
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 1 1 0 1
41 Christou, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 5 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 0 1 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 3 2 2 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 4 5
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 2
13 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 3 11 7 4 2 1 1 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 7 5 2 3
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 1 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 5
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 2 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 9 275 187 88 59 23 35 32

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