1977 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1977 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round three of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Melbourne (14.18.102) were defeated by North Melbourne (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,543

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 14.18.102 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 8 10 . 13 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
North Melbourne 5 . 2 9 . 3 12 . 6 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin NMLB by 5 NMLB by 7 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 3 NMLB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 1 16 8 8 3 12 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 2 19 10 9 2 0 0 3
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 2 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 3 22 12 10 6 0 2 3
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 1 0 5 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 6 0 2 4
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 3 0 9 3
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 2
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 4 21 17 4 4 0 1 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 3 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 2 1 6 2
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 3 1
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 11 5 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 2 2 27 22 5 1 0 5 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 2 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 18 293 206 87 52 29 48 33

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 4 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 4
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 3 0 2 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 6
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 1 20 10 10 3 1 1 6
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 4 4 0 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 4
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 4
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 3 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
33 May, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 27 18 9 8 1 5 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 1
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 3 1 20 15 5 9 8 2 2
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 20 0 5
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 4 0 4 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 9 305 208 97 63 35 32 49

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