1977 VFL 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 16 of the 1977 VFL season.
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
K. Fletcher (capt.), C. Boyd, R. Close, M. Crow, P. Early, N. Fields, G. Foulds, S. Madden, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Muir, R. Newton, K. Roberts, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, B. Walsh, L. Watson, T. Watson
North Melbourne
D. Dench (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, B. Cable, J. Cassin, B. Crosswell, K. Good, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, T. Moore, D. Munari, B. Nettlefold, M. Nolan, R. Ramsay, X. Tanner, M. Williams
Essendon (17.14.116) defeated North Melbourne (11.11.77).
Goalkickers
Essendon: R. Close (7), M. Crow (3), B. Walsh (3), P. Vander Haar (2), K. Fletcher, K. Roberts
North Melbourne: X. Tanner (3), A. Briedis (2), G. Melrose (2), J. Byrne, B. Crosswell, M. Nolan, W. Schimmelbusch
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 7th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
Bill Stephen
(Essendon),
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne)
Captains:
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon),
David Dench
(North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Essendon),
Wayne Schimmelbusch
(North Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||