1978 VFL Season Preliminary Final: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1978 between North Melbourne and Collingwood in the preliminary final of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Len Thompson captained the visitors with Phil Carman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Collingwood (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 23 September 1978
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 73,354

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 14.12.96 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Collingwood 2 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin NMLB by 9 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 5 0 2 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 9 2 3 4
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 2 1 16 15 1 6 0 2 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 2 13 9 4 5 0 2 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 2 26 16 10 6 0 2 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 1
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 4
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 3 5
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 3 2
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 23 13 10 4 0 2 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 4 9 3 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 2 23 13 10 6 0 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 5 0 5 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 20 3 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 2
46 Smith, Doug ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 12 321 228 93 80 31 37 49

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 3 0 4 2
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 1 1 0 5
44 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 0 15 13 2 5 2 4 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 5 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 3 0
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 4 2 2
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 22 22 0 2 1 3 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 5
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 7 0 7 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 5
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 3 0 20 11 9 1 1 2 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 3 15 12 3 6 1 2 0
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 10 2 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 3 23 12 11 1 0 4 2
37 Whitcroft, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 4 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 12 254 192 62 52 20 49 37

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