1978 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1978 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round eight of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Greg Wells 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 Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Melbourne (8.13.61) were defeated by North Melbourne (20.17.137).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,266

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.13.61 - 20.17.137

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 5 . 8 7 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
North Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 8 13 . 12 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Margin NMLB by 14 level NMLB by 39 NMLB by 76 NMLB by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 7 1 2 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 1
44 Code, David ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 3
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 2 0 3 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 3 20 17 3 10 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 1 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 2 0
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 0 7 1 1
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 1 0 1 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 6 0 2 1
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 5 3 1
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 3
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 3 2
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 2 0 24 23 1 9 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 13 264 218 46 76 13 36 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 1 12 8 4 5 0 0 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
49 Briedis, Robert ? ? 0 1 24 12 12 2 0 1 4
45 Burnett, Brendan ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 0 0 3 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 5 0 1 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 4 1 1 3
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 2 0 6 0
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 3 0
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 3 1 32 22 10 4 0 0 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 2 1 27 14 13 2 0 1 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 6 16 0 4
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 3 4 11 10 1 4 6 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 1 28 15 13 5 0 3 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 1 0
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 3 1 21 13 8 2 1 1 3
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 11 2 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 2 0 1 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 17 330 212 118 56 35 32 36

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