1978 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1978 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (11.14.80) were defeated by North Melbourne (23.11.149).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,420

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 23.11.149

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 11 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
North Melbourne 6 . 3 11 . 5 18 . 7 23 . 11 23 . 11 (149)
Margin NMLB by 23 NMLB by 10 NMLB by 44 NMLB by 69 NMLB by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
P. Cameron

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 2 0 3 1
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 2 5
12 Brown, George ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 0 1 1 5
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 38 24 14 14 28 8 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 2 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 0 16 15 1 4 0 1 4
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 1 5 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 3 4
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 1 23 13 10 3 0 3 3
44 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 6 0 2 0
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 4 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 5 5 2 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 3 5
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 4 5
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 4 12 11 1 6 0 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 25 23 2 3 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 14 295 231 64 65 35 53 56

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 0 0
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 1 25 21 4 5 4 5 5
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 7 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 3 0 3 4
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 1 33 24 9 5 0 8 4
3 Cassin, John ? ? 3 2 18 13 5 2 0 5 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 1 2 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 6 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 3 2 15 6 9 7 0 3 4
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 3 1 4 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 4 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 12 0 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 2 25 14 11 2 0 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 3
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 8 0 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 5 0 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 11 336 232 104 60 26 56 53

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