1977 VFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1977 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. In the absence of Keith Greig, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

North Melbourne (12.12.84) defeated Fitzroy (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,904

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.12.84 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 7 6 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 13 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin NMLB by 6 NMLB by 1 FITZ by 17 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 5 0 2 0
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 4 34 29 5 9 0 1 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 4 1 14 8 6 3 2 0 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 3 0 0 6
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 2 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 1 3 4
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 2 0 2 7
19 Frazer, John ? ? 3 2 6 5 1 3 1 1 1
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 3 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 1 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 6 0 2 2
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 7 11 1 5
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 1
38 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 3 7
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (ac) ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 5 0 3 4
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 12 331 235 96 70 21 27 53

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 2 0 20 11 9 9 25 3 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 1 0 1 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 10 3 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 12 11 1 3 0 2 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 4 2
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 2 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 2
41 Christou, John ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 1
9 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 2
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 4 20 12 8 2 8 1 1
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
20 MacLeod, Neil ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 1 0 5 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 0 32 27 5 5 0 6 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 3 4
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 4 0 3 3
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 1 31 16 15 4 0 2 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 3 21 17 4 0 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 14 316 224 92 52 43 53 27

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