1978 VFL Season 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 two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (25.16.166) defeated Richmond (14.9.93).

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

North Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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