1977 VFL Season Round 17: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1977 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round seventeen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the hosts with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

North Melbourne (15.11.101) defeated Richmond (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 23 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,359

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 15.11.101 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 7 . 2 9 . 4 13 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Richmond 3 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 8 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin NMLB by 24 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 3 NMLB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 7 0 4 1
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 8 3 1 4
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 3 1 5 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 5 0 1 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 3 5
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 24 14 10 3 0 5 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 1 1 1
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 2 0 20 8 12 3 1 4 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 5 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 0 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 1 1 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 26 16 10 3 0 4 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 2
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 41 3 6
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 3 1 21 17 4 5 0 4 3
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 6 0 0 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 3 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 11 305 200 105 71 48 48 48

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 7 19 6 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 1 16 16 0 2 0 5 0
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 2
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 2 0 3 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 2 18 10 8 2 6 2 3
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 1 9 2 7 2 0 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 5 0 4 2
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 3 1 14 13 1 3 0 0 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 5
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 3 0 4 5
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
40 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 0 2 3
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 4 0 0 4
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 4 0 5 2
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 5 5
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 2 22 13 9 4 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 286 198 88 58 25 47 48

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