1977 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1977 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

North Melbourne (16.21.117) defeated Footscray (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 17,239

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 16.21.117 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 5 13 . 11 14 . 13 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Footscray 2 . 4 2 . 6 8 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin NMLB by 25 NMLB by 71 NMLB by 40 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 4 10 9 1 6 0 0 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 4 0 1 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 1 2 27 16 11 6 0 0 4
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 3 0 1 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 2 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 5 2 12 10 2 5 0 2 3
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
19 Frazer, John ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 31 19 12 4 0 3 0
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 4 1 1 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 1 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 4 33 22 11 4 0 3 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 4 0 1 0
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 8 4 3 2
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 20 1 4
38 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 3 3 31 20 11 8 0 3 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 21 342 242 100 85 26 25 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 7 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 10 20 3 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 1 0 1
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 0 8 4 4 3 7 1 4
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 5 0 5 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 3 1 16 12 4 2 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 0 0 3 1
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 3 25 20 5 11 0 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 2 26 12 14 3 0 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 4 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 10 284 201 83 77 28 36 25

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