1977 VFL Season Round 15: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1977 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

North Melbourne (18.19.127) defeated Melbourne (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,253

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 18.19.127 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 5 10 . 8 15 . 14 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 9 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin NMLB by 19 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 53 NMLB by 51 NMLB by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 2 0 3 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 1 2 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 5 11 9 2 1 0 2 0
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 0 0 3 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 3 2 15 10 5 4 0 0 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 5 0 0 0
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 5 3 12 9 3 5 0 0 6
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 1
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 5 0 3 1
30 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 1 1 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 4 0 0 0
33 May, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 2 22 13 9 3 0 3 5
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 5 4
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 9 13 2 5
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 1 0 5 3
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 5 25 0 4
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 19 309 223 86 67 40 36 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 4 3 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 3 0 0 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 1 0 3 3
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 1
15 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 1
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 5 0 2 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 4 0 3 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 8 0 2 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 2 1 5 3
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 0
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 5 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 3 2 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 5 8 2 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 4 3
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 5 0 2 2
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 5 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 10 243 191 52 59 21 43 36

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