1976 VFL Round 18: Collingwood v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1976 between Collingwood and North Melbourne during round 18 of the 1976 VFL season. Collingwood hosted North Melbourne at Victoria Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Len Thompson captained the hosts with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Murray Weideman and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Collingwood
L. Thompson (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, S. Bond, P. Carman, I. Cooper, R. Dunne, B. Gonsalves, W. Gordon, A. Ireland, P. Manassa, P. Moore, G. Moyle, C. Perry, B. Picken, M. Richardson, R. Shaw, R. Wearmouth, J. Wise

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), M. Blight, J. Burns, J. Byrne, B. Cable, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, M. Dawson, P. Feltham, F. Gumbleton, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, J. Moylan, D. Munari, B. Nettlefold, M. Nolan, R. Ramsay, W. Schimmelbusch

Collingwood (8.10.58) were defeated by North Melbourne (9.8.62).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. Manassa (2), R. Wearmouth (2), A. Atkinson, P. Carman, W. Richardson, L. Thompson
North Melbourne: G. Melrose (3), W. Schimmelbusch (2), B. Cable, B. Crosswell, M. Dawson, B. Nettlefold

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 12th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Collingwood v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 19,464

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.10.58 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 0 5 . 4 7 . 5 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
North Melbourne 1 . 5 3 . 6 6 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin COLL by 7 COLL by 10 COLL by 5 NMLB by 4 NMLB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Murray Weideman (Collingwood), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), David Dench (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 2 3
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 4
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 5 0
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 2
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 8 0 4 3
37 Gonsalves, Bruce ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 3 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 0
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 1 2 1 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 2 2 4
44 Moyle, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 2
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 6 3 2 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 2 4
3 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 3 24 18 6 6 0 6 3
18 Richardson, Wayne (avc) ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 4 2
2 Thompson, Len (ac) ? ? 1 0 26 16 10 8 12 7 4
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 2 1 23 19 4 4 0 3 1
19 Wise, John ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 10 295 226 69 71 19 50 44

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 7 0 3 5
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 6 1 2 4
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 17 3 14 3 0 2 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 1 0 3 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 2 3 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 2
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 3 1 4 6
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 6 0 0 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 4 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 2 4
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 3 1 3
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 7 1 3 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 1 0 2 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 9 2 0
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 3 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 8 294 206 88 64 17 43 44

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