1976 VFL Round 9: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1976 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 9 of the 1976 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

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

Essendon
G. Moss (capt.), K. Fletcher (vice-capt.), R. Andrews, S. Beaumont, G. Blethyn, R. Close, M. Crow, R. Ellen, N. Fields, G. Foulds, B. Grinter, P. Hickmott, L. Moloney, R. Newton, A. Noonan, G. Parkes, K. Roberts, B. Walsh, L. Watson, A. Wilson

North Melbourne (8.10.58) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: R. Smith (4), M. Blight, J. Burns, B. Cable, G. Melrose
Essendon: B. Walsh (2), A. Wilson (2), S. Beaumont, G. Blethyn, M. Crow

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Essendon remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 19,990

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 8.10.58 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	3	.	2	4	.	3	6	.	6	8	.	10	8	.	10	(58)
Essendon	2	.	5	5	.	9	6	.	11	7	.	12	7	.	12	(54)
Margin	NMLB by 3			ESSE by 12			ESSE by 5			NMLB by 4			NMLB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Bill Stephen (Essendon)
Captains: Keith Greig (North Melbourne), Graham Moss (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), Ken Fletcher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Lyons, K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
15	Blight, Malcolm	?	?	1	1	20	13	7	6	0	2	2
11	Burns, John	?	?	1	0	20	15	5	2	0	4	2
21	Byrne, John	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	2	0	0	1
9	Cable, Barry	?	?	1	1	26	18	8	2	0	3	0
40	Chisnall, Peter	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	2	0	0	2
13	Cowton, Gary	?	?	0	2	11	4	7	4	4	1	3
7	Dawson, Mark	?	?	0	0	24	22	2	7	0	4	5
23	Dench, David (vc)	?	?	0	0	10	3	7	3	0	2	1
14	Douglas, John	?	?	0	1	5	5	0	2	0	1	2
27	Greig, Keith (c)	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	2	0	4	1
38	Gumbleton, Frank	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	0	0
34	Henshaw, Ross	?	?	0	0	14	8	6	1	0	1	2
36	Icke, Stephen	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	2	0	3	1
17	Melrose, Graham	?	?	1	0	11	10	1	0	0	0	0
12	Montgomery, Ken	?	?	0	0	26	22	4	5	0	1	2
28	Moore, Terry	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
22	Nolan, Mick	?	?	0	0	14	8	6	6	23	1	6
20	Schimmelbusch, Wayne	?	?	0	2	12	11	1	2	0	6	5
26	Smith, Rob	?	?	4	3	11	11	0	6	0	2	1
49	Tanner, Xavier	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	2	0	4	0
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				8	10	289	210	79	58	29	39	36

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
4	Andrews, Ron	?	?	0	0	17	16	1	6	1	2	6
3	Beaumont, Steve	?	?	1	0	7	4	3	1	0	1	3
7	Blethyn, Geoff	?	?	1	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	2
19	Close, Robin	?	?	0	1	12	12	0	5	0	2	0
31	Crow, Max	?	?	1	3	12	12	0	9	0	1	0
30	Ellen, Russell	?	?	0	1	5	4	1	2	0	1	0
1	Fields, Neville	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	6	0	0	2
21	Fletcher, Ken (vc)	?	?	0	0	19	18	1	2	0	3	2
38	Foulds, Garry	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
18	Grinter, Barry	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	0	2
23	Hickmott, Peter	?	?	0	0	24	21	3	5	0	1	2
34	Moloney, Laurie	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	Moss, Graham (c)	?	?	0	0	29	16	13	14	8	5	1
2	Newton, Rob	?	?	0	0	13	13	0	2	0	2	4
10	Noonan, Alan	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	1	0	3	3
5	Parkes, Gary	?	?	0	0	17	14	3	3	0	3	2
6	Roberts, Ken	?	?	0	0	21	14	7	3	0	3	3
12	Walsh, Brian	?	?	2	2	24	22	2	3	0	5	0
22	Watson, Larry	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	0	3
33	Wilson, Andy	?	?	2	2	22	19	3	2	0	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				7	12	273	224	49	71	9	35	38

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

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