1978 VFL Season Round 5: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1978 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round five of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Arden Street Oval. 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 (19.10.124) defeated Collingwood (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 29 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 31,424

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 19.10.124 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 11 . 4 14 . 5 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Collingwood 7 . 4 11 . 7 14 . 11 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin COLL by 25 COLL by 3 COLL by 6 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
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

K. Quinn
K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 5 1 10 9 1 6 0 0 3
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 2 19 17 2 8 0 1 0
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 2 13 7 6 2 0 1 6
45 Burnett, Brendan ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 5 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 7 0 21 17 4 5 0 2 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 4 0 2 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 0 3 3
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 10 3 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 10 3 4 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 2
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 7 1 3
48 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 0 0 3 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 5 3
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 10 286 208 78 75 20 44 47

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 2 0 1 2
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 0 0 6 2
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 1
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 2 2 21 14 7 8 7 6 4
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 0 2
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 0 0 3 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 1 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 5 9 1 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 0 0 2 3
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 2 1 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 5 3
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 3 0 3 3
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 2 2
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 7 5 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 1 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 1 2 15 11 4 4 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 13 250 191 59 47 26 47 44

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