1977 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1977 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Max Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne (16.6.102) defeated Collingwood (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 9 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 28,073

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 16.6.102 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 4 11 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Collingwood 4 . 4 8 . 11 10 . 11 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin COLL by 21 COLL by 31 level NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
G. Fellows

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 5
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 0 1 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 5 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 2 0 4 0
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 6 2 14 11 3 7 0 0 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 5 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 9 0 0 2
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 1 3 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 4 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 6 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 0 0 3 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 4 1
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 24 2 8
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 4 0 5 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 6 285 198 87 52 26 46 38

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 3
4 Batt, Murrie ? ? 3 0 5 5 0 3 5 0 1
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 3 14 12 2 7 0 1 9
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 6
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 0 2
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 0 0 2 1
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 0 0 3 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 1 1 30 23 7 4 0 4 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 2 26 25 1 3 0 2 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 0 0 2 0
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 1 1 27 14 13 9 21 9 1
3 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 0 0 5 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 15 246 195 51 50 26 38 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