1978 VFL Season Round 4: St Kilda v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1978 between St Kilda and North Melbourne during round four of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted North Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Gary Colling captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

St Kilda (14.16.100) were defeated by North Melbourne (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 29,117

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by North Melbourne
Score: 14.16.100 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 6 8 . 11 10 . 13 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
North Melbourne 5 . 7 8 . 8 13 . 17 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin NMLB by 7 STKL by 3 NMLB by 22 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 2 26 26 0 3 0 11 1
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 4 2
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 5 3
17 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 6 3
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 3
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 13 3 0
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 1 2 27 13 14 2 0 6 1
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 3 24 18 6 4 0 6 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 6 0 15 13 2 10 0 0 3
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 0
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 2
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 1 2 20 11 9 1 0 2 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 3 3 0
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 9 24 1 3
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
27 Young, George ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 1 0 1 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 16 278 209 69 57 40 60 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 1 1 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 2 23 19 4 10 1 2 0
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 3 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 4
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 2 0 4 7
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 4
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 1 0 3 4
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 0 0 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 5 1 1 3
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 10 20 2 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 1 3 3 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 1 21 11 10 3 0 1 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 0 3
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 6 1 1
48 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 2 3 20 15 5 5 0 3 8
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 2 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 17 301 210 91 70 32 32 60

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