1977 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1977 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the visitors with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (6.15.51) were defeated by North Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,898

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 6.15.51 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 3 3 . 5 5 . 11 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
North Melbourne 6 . 0 9 . 4 12 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin NMLB by 27 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 44 NMLB by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 7 0 6 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 0 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 3 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 6 0 3 5
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 8 3 2 4
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 4 0
34 Hovey, Wayne ? ? 1 2 12 12 0 3 0 3 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 5 3
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 5
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 1
27 McGillivray, Andy ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 4 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 3 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 4 8 1
37 Nish, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 3 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 3 0 2 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 3 2 17 17 0 2 0 3 4
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 8 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 15 273 227 46 75 7 60 36

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 4 2 7 6 1 5 0 0 6
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 7 1 1 6
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 1 18 18 0 3 0 3 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 0 26 16 10 4 0 4 3
3 Cassin, John ? ? 3 1 21 15 6 4 0 0 4
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 0 1 29 17 12 8 0 5 4
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 3
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 2 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 3 0 1 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 2 31 23 8 9 0 3 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 1 0 2 3
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 6 2 9
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 10 24 3 6
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 9 0 0 2
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 0
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 5 0 0 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 11 341 240 101 95 31 36 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