1976 VFL Round 15: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1976 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round 15 of the 1976 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

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, S. Icke, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, J. Moylan, B. Nettlefold, W. Schimmelbusch, R. Smith, X. Tanner

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, N. Carter, D. Cloke, A. Edwards, G. Gaunt, B. Heard, J. Jess, M. Keane, R. Lamb, M. Malthouse, D. Mattson, R. McLean, J. Pitura, G. Robertson, I. Scrimshaw, K. Sheedy, S. Taubert, M. Thompson

North Melbourne (12.10.82) defeated Richmond (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Crosswell (5), M. Blight (3), M. Dawson (3), J. Burns
Richmond: R. Lamb (3), R. McLean (3), K. Bartlett, N. Carter, G. Gaunt, M. Malthouse, I. Scrimshaw

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Richmond were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 10 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 18,421

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 12.10.82 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Richmond 3 . 1 4 . 7 8 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin NMLB by 6 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Tom Hafey (Richmond)
Captains: Keith Greig (North Melbourne), Francis Bourke (Richmond)
Vice-Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), unknown (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye, D. Levens

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 1 16 9 7 7 0 1 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 1 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 6 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 4 1 5
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 5 1 12 8 4 5 1 0 4
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 3 1 33 29 4 10 3 5 4
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 3 1 2 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 0 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 2 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 8 0 3 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 0 0
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 18 3 0
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 2 0
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 3 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 3 19 16 3 6 0 5 3
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 10 304 221 83 70 27 38 37

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 2 5 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 26 21 5 2 0 3 1
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 0 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 1 0 3 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 4 0 2 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
32 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 1 0 3 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 5 24 2 6
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 2
19 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 4 2
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 3 3 18 16 2 1 0 2 3
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 1 3 3
35 Mattson, Don ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 5 0 2 2
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 0
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 3 2
9 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 6 12 2 0
23 Thompson, Murray ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 11 251 177 74 50 42 35 33

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