1976 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1976 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round eight of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (7.3.45) were defeated by North Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,148

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 7.3.45 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 3 . 0 4 . 0 7 . 3 7 . 3 (45)
North Melbourne 7 . 3 8 . 7 11 . 10 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin NMLB by 45 NMLB by 37 NMLB by 52 NMLB by 50 NMLB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 3 0 1 1
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 12 11 5 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 27 23 4 4 0 7 3
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 2 0 1 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 4 0 3 4
6 Lynch, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 6 1
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 20 8 12 3 5 2 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 0 8 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 5 1 2 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 5 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 2 7 7 0 3 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 2 0 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 3 317 240 77 62 19 54 33

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 6 0 1 5
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 0 0 3 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 2 1 1 8
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 2 0 2 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 29 16 13 2 0 1 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 7 0 2 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 3 4 1 5
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 1 32 25 7 8 0 2 5
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 3 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 4 0 1 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 4 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 5 0 1 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 4 0 0 1
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 4 1 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 11 2 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 5 0 3 4
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
49 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 11 363 260 103 66 20 33 54

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