1977 VFL Season: North Melbourne

These are the details of the premiership results for North Melbourne for the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Arden Street Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Hawthorn in the qualifying final, defeating Richmond in the first semi final and defeating Hawthorn in the preliminary final, North Melbourne defeated Collingwood in the grand final (replay), winning the premiership.

Team Details

Competition: 1977 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Club: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 117.8)
Finals Performance: Premiers

Team Leaders

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Deputy Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch

Player Results

Player	Guernseys	Matches	Goals	Rounds
Alves, Stan	#2	16	3	R07, R09-15, R17, R19-20, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Baker, Phil	#29	21	35	R01-06, R09-13, R17-22, SF, PF, GF, GR
Blight, Malcolm	#15	24	24	R01-03, R05-12, R14-19, R21-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Boyse, Maurice	#44	4	1	R18-19, R21-22
Briedis, Arnold	#6	23	40	R01-02, R04-09, R12-17, R19-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Briedis, Robert	#49	1	0	R21
Byrne, John	#21	23	16	R01-08, R11-16, R19-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Cable, Barry	#9	25	34	R01-03, R06-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Cassin, John	#3	27	36	R01-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Cowton, Gary	#13	21	1	R01-05, R07, R09-15, R20-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Crosswell, Brent	#8	24	42	R01-17, R21-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Davis, Craig	#14	5	13	R20-22, QF, SF
Dawson, Mark	#7	9	10	R05-13
Dench, David	#23	25	5	R01-08, R10-12, R14-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Frazer, John	#19	7	20	R04, R07-11, R20
Good, Kerry	#18	4	5	R10-11, R15-16
Greig, Keith	#27	8	0	R01-06, R12-13
Gumbleton, Frank	#30	19	2	R01-10, R13-15, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Henshaw, Ross	#34	23	0	R01-06, R08-16, R18-20, R22, QF, PF, GF, GR
Icke, Stephen	#36	26	9	R01-06, R08-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Jarrott, Alan	#47	8	2	R17-22, QF, SF
Keenan, Peter	#1	14	0	R01, R08-09, R12, R17-22, SF, PF, GF, GR
May, Tony	#33	2	0	R03, R15
McCann, Stephen	#16	5	0	R10-11, PF, GF, GR
Melrose, Graham	#17	19	24	R01-19
Montgomery, Ken	#12	20	0	R01-04, R12-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Moore, Terry	#28	16	5	R02-04, R06-16, R18, QF
Moylan, John	#24	11	0	R03-05, R07-11, R19-21
Munari, Dennis	#37	3	0	R14, R16-17
Nettlefold, Bill	#35	10	0	R12, R14-18, R20, PF, GF, GR
Nolan, Mick	#22	19	3	R01-07, R13-22, QF, SF
Ramsay, Roy	#45	9	0	R01-02, R05-08, R16-18
Scanlan, Glenn	#38	4	0	R04, R07-09
Schimmelbusch, Wayne	#20	26	27	R01-14, R16-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Smith, Rob	#26	2	0	R18, QF
Sutton, Darryl	#5	15	14	R05-11, R13, R17-19, SF, PF, GF, GR
Tanner, Xavier	#25	21	10	R01-06, R13-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Williams, Mark	#39	1	0	R16

Coach Results

Coach	Matches (W-D-L)				Rounds
Barassi, Ron	26	18	-1-	7	R01-12, R14-22, QF, SF, PF, GF, GR
Dugdale, John	1	0	-0-	1	R13

Match Results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result		Coach	Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977	Round 1	Hawthorn	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 60	Ron Barassi	Keith Greig
09/04/1977	Round 2	Collingwood	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 9	Ron Barassi	Keith Greig
16/04/1977	Round 3	Melbourne	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 3	Ron Barassi	Keith Greig
23/04/1977	Round 4	Footscray	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 35	Ron Barassi	Keith Greig
30/04/1977	Round 5	Essendon	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 20	Ron Barassi	Keith Greig
07/05/1977	Round 6	Richmond	AWAY	LOSS	RICH by 33	Ron Barassi	Keith Greig
14/05/1977	Round 7	Geelong	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 65	Ron Barassi	David Dench
21/05/1977	Round 8	Carlton	AWAY	LOSS	CARL by 3	Ron Barassi	David Dench
28/05/1977	Round 9	Fitzroy	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 10	Ron Barassi	Wayne Schimmelbusch
04/06/1977	Round 10	St Kilda	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 85	Ron Barassi	David Dench
11/06/1977	Round 11	South Melbourne	AWAY	LOSS	SMLB by 16	Ron Barassi	David Dench
18/06/1977	Round 12	Hawthorn	HOME	LOSS	HWTH by 1	Ron Barassi	Keith Greig
25/06/1977	Round 13	Collingwood	AWAY	LOSS	COLL by 41	John Dugdale	Keith Greig
02/07/1977	Round 14	Footscray	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 17	Ron Barassi	David Dench
09/07/1977	Round 15	Melbourne	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 51	Ron Barassi	David Dench
16/07/1977	Round 16	Essendon	AWAY	LOSS	ESSE by 39	Ron Barassi	David Dench
23/07/1977	Round 17	Richmond	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 3	Ron Barassi	David Dench
30/07/1977	Round 18	Geelong	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 44	Ron Barassi	David Dench
06/08/1977	Round 19	Carlton	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 20	Ron Barassi	David Dench
13/08/1977	Round 20	Fitzroy	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 14	Ron Barassi	David Dench
20/08/1977	Round 21	St Kilda	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 28	Ron Barassi	David Dench
27/08/1977	Round 22	South Melbourne	HOME	LOSS	SMLB by 10	Ron Barassi	David Dench
03/09/1977	Qualifying Final	Hawthorn	AWAY	LOSS	HWTH by 38	Ron Barassi	David Dench
10/09/1977	Semi Final	Richmond	HOME	WIN	NMLB by 47	Ron Barassi	David Dench
17/09/1977	Preliminary Final	Hawthorn	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 67	Ron Barassi	David Dench
24/09/1977	Grand Final	Collingwood	AWAY	DRAW	drawn	Ron Barassi	David Dench
01/10/1977	Grand Final (R)	Collingwood	AWAY	WIN	NMLB by 27	Ron Barassi	David Dench

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