1978 VFL Round 2: North Melbourne v Richmond
This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1978 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round 2 of the 1978 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval.
Keith Greig captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain.
Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.
North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), S. Alves, P. Baker, M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Burns, J. Byrne, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, R. Glendinning, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, A. Jarrott, P. Keenan, S. McCann, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, M. Nolan, W. Schimmelbusch
Richmond
K. Sheedy (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, D. Cloke, G. Dickson, A. Edwards, J. Einsiedel, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, M. Lee, E. Leech, M. Malthouse, B. Monteath, G. Raines, K. Stonehouse, G. Strachan, W. Walsh, D. Weightman, B. Wood
North Melbourne (25.16.166) defeated Richmond (14.9.93).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. McCann (5), J. Cassin (4), R. Glendinning (4), M. Blight (3), J. Byrne (3), G. Melrose (3), A. Briedis (2), A. Jarrott
Richmond: G. Dickson (4), D. Cloke (3), K. Bartlett (2), A. Edwards (2), N. Balme, B. Monteath, W. Walsh
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Richmond were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1978 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Richmond
Date:
Saturday 8 April 1978
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Arden Street Oval
Attendance:
22,505
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Richmond
Score:
25.16.166 - 14.9.93
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 5 | . | 2 | 11 | . | 5 | 19 | . | 10 | 25 | . | 16 | 25 | . | 16 | (166) |
| Richmond | 3 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 6 | 14 | . | 9 | 14 | . | 9 | (93) |
| Margin | NMLB by 11 | NMLB by 29 | NMLB by 64 | NMLB by 73 | NMLB by 73 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Barry Richardson
(Richmond)
Captains:
Keith Greig
(North Melbourne),
Kevin Sheedy
(Richmond)
Vice-Captains:
David Dench
(North Melbourne),
unknown
(Richmond)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller,
I. Robinson
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alves, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Baker, Phil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Burns, John | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Dench, David (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 38 | Gumbleton, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Montgomery, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 25 | 16 | 320 | 218 | 102 | 75 | 32 | 45 | 48 | |||
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Balme, Neil | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Cloke, David | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Dickson, Glenn | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Edwards, Allan | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Einsiedel, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | Jenkinson, Noel | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Jess, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Keane, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 41 | Lee, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Leech, Eric | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Malthouse, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Monteath, Bruce | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Raines, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Stonehouse, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Strachan, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | Walsh, Wayne | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | Weightman, Dale | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Wood, Bryan | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 9 | 253 | 187 | 66 | 58 | 20 | 46 | 45 | |||