1976 VFL Season 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 nine of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (8.10.58) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

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

North Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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