1976 VFL Round 7: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1976 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round 7 of the 1976 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Murray Weideman.

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), M. Blight, J. Burns, J. Byrne, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, G. Cowton, M. Dawson, J. Frazer, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, P. Keenan, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, B. Nettlefold, M. Nolan, W. Schimmelbusch

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, P. Carman, I. Cooper, R. Dunne, W. Gordon, D. Gott, K. Grose, R. Hyde, P. Moore, R. Oborne, B. Picken, L. Pritchard, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, R. Shaw, J. Williams, J. Wise

North Melbourne (5.16.46) were defeated by Collingwood (11.9.75).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Burns, B. Cable, G. Cowton, J. Frazer, M. Nolan
Collingwood: R. Dunne (2), R. Oborne (2), R. Shaw (2), D. Tuddenham (2), A. Atkinson, P. Carman, P. Moore

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 34,051

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.16.46 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 6 3 . 11 3 . 14 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Collingwood 4 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 5 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin COLL by 20 COLL by 10 COLL by 27 COLL by 29 COLL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Murray Weideman (Collingwood)
Captains: Keith Greig (North Melbourne), Des Tuddenham (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), Len Thompson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye, B. Hedger

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 3 15 13 2 4 3 2 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 4 0 1 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 0 0 5 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 2 0 1 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 1 1 1
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 3
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
29 Frazer, John ? ? 1 3 11 8 3 5 0 3 0
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 1 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 6 1 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 1 0 4 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 0 0 3 2
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 7 3 2 2
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 7 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 3 28 18 10 4 0 2 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 5 16 300 215 85 56 20 36 34

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 4 0 2 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 3 0 0 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 3 14 8 6 5 0 1 1
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 1 14 14 0 6 0 3 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 5 2 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 4 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 8 5 2 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 0 19 19 0 9 0 2 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 11 0 3 2
29 Pritchard, Lex ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 4
3 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 29 26 3 5 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 0 21 20 1 5 0 0 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 7 2 0
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 2 0 3 2
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
19 Wise, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 9 252 214 38 75 17 34 36

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