1978 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1978 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

North Melbourne (14.14.98) defeated Fitzroy (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,150

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.14.98 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 6 11 . 8 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 6 . 4 11 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin FITZ by 8 NMLB by 14 level NMLB by 3 NMLB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 7 4 15 12 3 6 3 3 4
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 3 16 15 1 8 0 2 6
49 Briedis, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 7
45 Burnett, Brendan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 2 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 2 4
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 3 1
14 Davis, Craig ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 4
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 2 1
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 2 0 2 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 1
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 3 0 3 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 2 0 2 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 8 15 3 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 0 2 7
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 1 4 3
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 8 0 1
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 3 1
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 14 283 209 74 68 27 41 54

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 13 6 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 3 5
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 1 6 5 1 4 0 1 2
24 Blair, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 5 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 1 2 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 1 0 0 4
32 Duke, Wayne ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 3
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 2 18 16 2 2 0 5 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 5 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 2 30 21 9 4 0 3 1
20 MacLeod, Neil ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 3 19 14 5 3 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 1 0 5 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 2 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 6 5
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 5 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 11 255 201 54 58 18 54 41

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