1977 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1977 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the visitors with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (9.10.64) were defeated by North Melbourne (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,151

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.10.64 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
North Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 7 9 . 8 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FOOT by 17 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 7 NMLB by 17 NMLB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 2
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 3 4
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 3 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 3 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 12 5 5 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 4 9 0 5
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 1 31 22 9 6 0 3 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 4 0 4 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 3 6 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 2 0 0 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 1 0 4 5
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 1 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 3 21 17 4 2 0 8 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 10 277 196 81 59 20 50 45

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 3 23 19 4 6 0 3 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 2 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 4 17 14 3 6 1 4 6
21 Byrne, John ? ? 3 1 19 16 3 4 0 0 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 4 0 23 17 6 2 0 4 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 7 0 3 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 5 0 2 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 5 0 0 5
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 1
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 4 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 1 3 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 3 30 21 9 3 0 3 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 1 3 3
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 3 1 2
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 1 0 4 5
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 7 16 4 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 5
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 1 27 11 16 2 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 15 318 222 96 67 23 45 50

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