1977 VFL Semi Final 1: North Melbourne v Richmond
This is the match report for the match played on 10 September 1977 between North Melbourne and Richmond in the first semi final of the 1977 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Richmond at VFL Park.
In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the hosts with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain.
Francis Bourke captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.
North Melbourne
D. Dench (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), S. Alves, P. Baker, M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, B. Cable, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, B. Crosswell, C. Davis, F. Gumbleton, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, P. Keenan, K. Montgomery, M. Nolan, D. Sutton, X. Tanner
Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, P. Laughlin, M. Malthouse, B. Monteath, A. Noonan, J. Pitura, G. Raines, N. Roberts, G. Robertson, K. Sheedy, W. Walsh, B. Wood
North Melbourne (16.14.110) defeated Richmond (9.9.63).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. Icke (5), B. Crosswell (3), M. Blight (2), A. Briedis (2), P. Baker, B. Cable, J. Cassin, C. Davis
Richmond: K. Bartlett (4), P. Laughlin (2), E. Dunne, N. Roberts, W. Walsh
As a result of this match, North Melbourne faced Hawthorn in the preliminary final and Richmond were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).
Match Details
Season:
1977 VFL Season
Round:
Semi Final 1
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Richmond
Date:
Saturday 10 September 1977
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
VFL Park
Attendance:
48,105
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Richmond
Score:
16.14.110 - 9.9.63
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 3 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 12 | 10 | . | 14 | 16 | . | 14 | 16 | . | 14 | (110) |
| Richmond | 0 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 7 | 9 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 9 | (63) |
| Margin | NMLB by 20 | NMLB by 38 | NMLB by 43 | NMLB by 47 | NMLB by 47 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Barry Richardson
(Richmond)
Captains:
David Dench
(North Melbourne),
Francis Bourke
(Richmond)
Vice-Captains:
Wayne Schimmelbusch
(North Melbourne),
unknown
(Richmond)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
M. Dye,
I. Robinson
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alves, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Baker, Phil | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cable, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Crosswell, Brent | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Davis, Craig | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Dench, David (ac) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | Gumbleton, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Montgomery, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 14 | 329 | 217 | 112 | 84 | 37 | 33 | 45 | |||
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Balme, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 |
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Cloke, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Dunne, Emmett | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Edwards, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 37 | Jenkinson, Noel | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Jess, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Keane, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Laughlin, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Malthouse, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Monteath, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Noonan, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Pitura, John | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 40 | Raines, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Roberts, Neville | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | Robertson, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 31 | Walsh, Wayne | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 9 | 309 | 212 | 97 | 68 | 24 | 45 | 33 | |||