1977 VFL Season Round 5: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1977 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round five of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

North Melbourne (18.17.125) defeated Essendon (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 22,323

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 18.17.125 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 7 6 . 10 11 . 15 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Essendon 1 . 2 8 . 10 9 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin NMLB by 17 ESSE by 12 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 2 2 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 4 20 15 5 7 0 0 5
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 3 21 13 8 5 0 2 0
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 2 0 0 5
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 3 0 1 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 0 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 4 4 1 1
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 2 0 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 5 0 3 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 1 27 18 9 1 0 3 5
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 3 0 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 2 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 4 1 29 20 9 5 0 1 4
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 19 1 4
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 0 22 13 9 2 0 1 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 5 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 17 325 223 102 61 27 24 47

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 4 4
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 4 0 1 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 2 0 0 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 4 27 21 6 3 0 4 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 5 1
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 2
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 4 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 5 0 20 15 5 11 22 3 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 5 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 7 0 1 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 2 1 0
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 5 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 3 12 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 3 0 1 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 3 23 18 5 4 0 1 2
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 3 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 15 280 220 60 62 36 47 24

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