1976 VFL Season Semi Final 1: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 1976 between North Melbourne and Geelong in the first semi final of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. 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 (14.9.93) defeated Geelong (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 11 September 1976
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 71,042

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 14.9.93 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Geelong 0 . 1 3 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin NMLB by 26 NMLB by 26 NMLB by 18 NMLB by 33 NMLB by 33
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

B. Deller
K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 33 23 10 12 0 2 7
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 1 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 5 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 1 0 0 2
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 2 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 3
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 2 0 0 0
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 2 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 3 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 4
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 2 5 1 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 0 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 2 0 5 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 24 4 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 6 1 12 11 1 6 0 2 4
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 9 292 211 81 80 29 34 46

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 6 0 3 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 5 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 4 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 3 6 6 0 4 3 1 5
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 1 2 3
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 3 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 10 4 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 0 2 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 1 2 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 3 18 16 2 3 0 4 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 0 3 4
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 6 0 4 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 12 250 202 48 64 21 44 34

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