1976 VFL Season Round 19: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1976 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

North Melbourne (8.13.61) defeated Footscray (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,719

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 8.13.61 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 9 8 . 12 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Footscray 0 . 3 2 . 3 4 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin NMLB by 19 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 32 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 0 5
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 4 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 2 22 16 6 4 0 2 3
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 3 5
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 8 0 3 4
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 4 0 6 6
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 10 0 4 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 4 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 4 0 3 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 1 6 0 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 3 0 1 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 3 3
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 6 3 2 3
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 2 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 12 2 3
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 6 0
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 13 340 244 96 72 21 47 46

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 4 1 1 3
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 9 26 6 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 26 23 3 6 0 3 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 6 1 4
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 3 0 1 4
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 4 0 2 2
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 7 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 4 0
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 2 11 0 0 2 4
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 1 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 2 1 5 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 1 6 2 4 2 0 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 4 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 3 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 9 9 0 3 0 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 4
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 7
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 8 290 207 83 56 34 48 47

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