1977 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1977 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher 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 Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (17.14.116) defeated North Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,849

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.14.116 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 8 . 6 14 . 9 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
North Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 4 10 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin NMLB by 1 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 7 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 3 3 17 15 2 10 5 2 4
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 4 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 1 3 9
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 5 0 5 4
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 4 0 5 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 3 25 20 5 9 27 8 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 0
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 3 0 4 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 0
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 3 3 2 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 7 4 5 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 1 21 19 2 6 0 3 3
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 4 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 2 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 14 292 231 61 75 42 60 40

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 1 0 2 6
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 1 1 0 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 1 0 6 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 1 0 9
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 2 6 4 2 3 0 0 2
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 3
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 4 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 2 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 0 18 16 2 3 0 5 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 3
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 7 2 3
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 3
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 1 0 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 2 17 2 6
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 5 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 5 0 4 4
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 3 2 28 20 8 1 0 2 2
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 2 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 256 185 71 41 29 40 60

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