1977 VFL 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 4 of the 1977 VFL season.
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
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), P. Baker, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, J. Frazer, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, J. Moylan, M. Nolan, G. Scanlan, W. Schimmelbusch, X. Tanner
Footscray
G. Dempsey (capt.), D. Blair, I. Dunstan, J. Gieschen, I. Hampshire, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, I. Low, I. Morrison, P. Munro, R. Murrie, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, L. Sandilands, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
North Melbourne (16.21.117) defeated Footscray (12.10.82).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Crosswell (5), W. Schimmelbusch (3), J. Cassin (2), G. Melrose (2), P. Baker, J. Byrne, J. Frazer, F. Gumbleton
Footscray: I. Low (3), K. Templeton (3), I. Hampshire (2), I. Morrison, A. Stoneham, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Bill Goggin
(Footscray)
Captains:
Keith Greig
(North Melbourne),
Gary Dempsey
(Footscray)
Vice-Captains:
David Dench
(North Melbourne),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||