1977 VFL Season Grand Final: Collingwood v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1977 between Collingwood and North Melbourne in the grand final of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Max Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the visitors with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Collingwood (10.16.76) drew with North Melbourne (9.22.76).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Collingwood v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 September 1977
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 108,224

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood drew with North Melbourne
Score: 10.16.76 - 9.22.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 5 4 . 8 9 . 12 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
North Melbourne 4 . 4 4 . 10 4 . 15 9 . 22 9 . 22 (76)
Margin NMLB by 17 NMLB by 2 COLL by 27 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Max Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Tom Hafey

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench (acting)
Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
J. Sutcliffe

Goal Umpires

K. Barker
L. Robinson

Boundary Umpires

K. Mitchell
L. Paterson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 4 0 1 5
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 4 1 1 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 1 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 4 1
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 3 0 2 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 1 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 4 9 8 1 6 3 0 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 8 1
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 0 3 11 11 0 2 0 0 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 4 0 4 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 2 0 2 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 10 21 4 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 2 1
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 16 255 203 52 60 25 39 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 12 0 2 1
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 6 2 15 14 1 10 2 1 4
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 2 2 2 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 7 17 14 3 6 0 1 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 3 0 0 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 2 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 2 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 1 4 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 4
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 2 2 14 8 6 5 0 0 1
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 1 2 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 6 0 0 7
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 7 28 2 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 2 0 3 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 3 0 4 0
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 4 0 3 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 3 22 18 4 5 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 22 305 229 76 82 34 32 39

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