1976 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1976 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round twenty of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (10.9.69) were defeated by North Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 22,474

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 7 . 7 7 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
North Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 10 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin NMLB by 13 ESSE by 1 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 26 NMLB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
M. Henry

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 1
42 Cahill, Terry ? ? 3 2 12 11 1 2 0 4 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 5 0 2 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 9 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 3 0 8 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 3 0 3 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 1 1 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 14 2 1
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 1 0 25 11 14 8 8 3 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 2 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 2 30 23 7 5 0 4 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 1 4 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 3 0 3 6
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 9 291 222 69 70 24 46 33

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 10 0 2 6
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 3 0 1 5
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 2 0 4 4
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 2 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 0 2
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 0 25 21 4 11 0 3 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 4 0 1 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 3 1 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 1 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 3 0 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 1 0 2 2
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 6 11 0 2
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 3 2
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 2 0 16 8 8 1 0 2 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 19 1 2
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 2 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 14 11 301 223 78 77 35 33 46

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