1977 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1977 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round seven of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the hosts with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

North Melbourne (23.11.149) defeated Geelong (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 14 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 17,259

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 23.11.149 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 7 . 2 12 . 3 21 . 9 23 . 11 23 . 11 (149)
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 5 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin NMLB by 35 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 88 NMLB by 65 NMLB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench (acting)
Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 4
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 2 29 25 4 6 1 0 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 3 14 14 0 4 0 3 4
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 1 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 3 1 24 17 7 6 1 2 0
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 0 0 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 5 1 1 7
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 6 0 0 4
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 6 0 2 2
19 Frazer, John ? ? 6 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 1
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 4 1 0
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 2 0 1 3
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 7 13 2 3
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 2 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 6 0 2 1
38 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 7 0 3 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 3 0 19 16 3 3 1 3 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 5 0 12 10 2 7 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 11 343 241 102 79 23 24 46

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 18 3 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 4 0 2 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 2 0 4 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 4 12 10 2 6 1 1 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 0 3 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 5 0 3 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 7 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 1 0 3 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 0 0 5 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 2 8 3 4
29 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 5 0 3 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 2
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 2 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 12 265 196 69 47 36 46 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