1976 VFL Round 12: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1976 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round 12 of the 1976 VFL season. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), R. Biffin, R. Brewer, D. Campbell, H. Coles, A. Davis, A. Dullard, R. Flower, L. Fowler, S. Grambeau, G. Guy, G. Hardeman, P. Keays, D. Kelly, G. Osborne, R. Smith, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, B. Tippett, G. Wells

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), M. Blight, J. Burns, J. Byrne, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, M. Dawson, P. Feltham, F. Gumbleton, P. Keenan, S. Kekovich, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, R. Ramsay, W. Schimmelbusch, R. Smith, X. Tanner

Melbourne (8.13.61) were defeated by North Melbourne (22.14.146).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Alves (3), H. Coles (2), R. Biffin, R. Brewer, S. Smith
North Melbourne: R. Smith (6), B. Crosswell (5), S. Kekovich (5), M. Dawson (2), W. Schimmelbusch (2), J. Burns, X. Tanner

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) and North Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 June 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,529

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.13.61 - 22.14.146

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	2	.	6	3	.	9	4	.	12	8	.	13	8	.	13	(61)
North Melbourne	5	.	4	10	.	7	12	.	12	22	.	14	22	.	14	(146)
Margin	NMLB by 16			NMLB by 40			NMLB by 48			NMLB by 85			NMLB by 85
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Skilton (Melbourne), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Stan Alves (Melbourne), Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), David Dench (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Lyons, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
15	Alves, Stan (c)	?	?	3	1	24	18	6	6	0	2	2
19	Biffin, Ray	?	?	1	2	16	9	7	3	0	0	3
6	Brewer, Ross	?	?	1	2	14	10	4	5	0	2	1
5	Campbell, Des	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	1	1	1	0
13	Coles, Henry	?	?	2	0	20	14	6	6	0	2	1
21	Davis, Allan	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	6	0	2	2
28	Dullard, Anthony	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	0	0
2	Flower, Robert	?	?	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	1	0
9	Fowler, Laurie	?	?	0	0	21	18	3	5	0	7	1
17	Grambeau, Shane	?	?	0	1	14	13	1	5	1	1	1
26	Guy, Gary	?	?	0	1	28	12	16	5	0	1	2
33	Hardeman, Gary	?	?	0	1	13	10	3	4	1	2	2
16	Keays, Peter	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	2
36	Kelly, David	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	3	1	1
24	Osborne, Graham	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	8	0	3	1
7	Smith, Ray	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	0	0
35	Smith, Steven	?	?	1	1	16	11	5	6	6	3	2
4	Sullivan, Tony	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	4	0	2	0
3	Tippett, Barry	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	2	0	0	1
11	Wells, Greg	?	?	0	1	34	28	6	5	0	2	2
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				8	13	295	210	85	79	12	32	24

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
15	Blight, Malcolm	?	?	0	0	26	22	4	7	0	4	2
11	Burns, John	?	?	1	1	21	18	3	5	0	3	2
21	Byrne, John	?	?	0	0	23	10	13	4	0	1	1
9	Cable, Barry	?	?	0	2	32	17	15	5	0	0	3
40	Chisnall, Peter	?	?	0	0	22	13	9	7	0	0	3
13	Cowton, Gary	?	?	0	0	17	7	10	2	0	1	1
8	Crosswell, Brent	?	?	5	0	10	6	4	5	0	0	2
7	Dawson, Mark	?	?	2	0	39	28	11	7	1	3	2
23	Dench, David (vc)	?	?	0	0	25	12	13	2	0	1	0
18	Feltham, Paul	?	?	0	1	17	15	2	7	0	0	0
27	Greig, Keith (c)	?	?	0	1	18	12	6	6	0	1	3
38	Gumbleton, Frank	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	0	1
1	Keenan, Peter	?	?	0	0	20	17	3	9	21	3	1
4	Kekovich, Sam	?	?	5	2	27	18	9	11	0	3	3
12	Montgomery, Ken	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	3	1	2	1
28	Moore, Terry	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	6	8	1	3
45	Ramsay, Roy	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0
20	Schimmelbusch, Wayne	?	?	2	4	25	21	4	7	0	1	2
26	Smith, Rob	?	?	6	2	13	11	2	9	0	0	2
49	Tanner, Xavier	?	?	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				22	14	389	263	126	109	31	24	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

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