1976 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1976 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

North Melbourne (22.13.145) defeated Geelong (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 19,334

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 22.13.145 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 2 10 . 5 16 . 7 22 . 13 22 . 13 (145)
Geelong 1 . 3 4 . 3 10 . 6 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin NMLB by 11 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 37 NMLB by 67 NMLB by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 2 1 2 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 2 0 2 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 4 1 12 7 5 4 1 1 0
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 5 1 11 10 1 6 0 0 3
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 0 29 22 7 9 0 2 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 4 3
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 3
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 2 0 1 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 8 1 3 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 2 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 16 0 4
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 26 19 7 5 0 1 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 3
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 3 21 15 6 12 8 1 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 6 1 21 15 6 5 0 2 2
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 2 5 4 1 3 0 0 1
49 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 13 331 226 105 86 27 26 37

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 16 3 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 4 0 3 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 1 10 8 2 4 2 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 8 1 1 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 5
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 5 0 4 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 12 15 5 3
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 3 2 19 19 0 1 0 5 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 4 0 1 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 6 269 198 71 62 35 37 26

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