1977 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (16.14.110) defeated Richmond (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
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

North Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
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 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

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