1978 VFL Round 10: North Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1978 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 10 of the 1978 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval.
Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain.
Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.
North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), M. Blight, R. Briedis, B. Burnett, J. Burns, J. Cassin, G. Cowton, C. Davis, R. Glendinning, R. Henshaw, R. Huppatz, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, P. Keenan, S. McCann, G. Melrose, D. Smith, D. Sutton, X. Tanner
Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), R. Andrews (vice-capt.), P. Bennett, N. Besanko, G. Burdett, T. Cahill, M. Crow, T. Daniher, A. Davis, G. Foulds, S. Heard, S. Madden, I. Marsh, J. Mihocek, R. Muir, M. Neagle, W. Primmer, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson
North Melbourne (13.7.85) defeated Essendon (12.10.82).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: R. Glendinning (5), M. Blight (4), J. Cassin, K. Greig, R. Huppatz, A. Jarrott
Essendon: G. Burdett (3), T. Daniher (3), P. Vander Haar (3), M. Crow, A. Davis, T. Watson
As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1978 VFL Season
Round:
Round 10
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 3 June 1978
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Arden Street Oval
Attendance:
28,274
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Essendon
Score:
13.7.85 - 12.10.82
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 7 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 5 | 13 | . | 6 | 13 | . | 7 | 13 | . | 7 | (85) |
| Essendon | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 6 | 7 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 10 | 12 | . | 10 | (82) |
| Margin | NMLB by 33 | NMLB by 17 | NMLB by 35 | NMLB by 3 | NMLB by 3 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Barry Davis
(Essendon)
Captains:
Keith Greig
(North Melbourne),
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
Wayne Schimmelbusch
(North Melbourne),
Ron Andrews
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
G. Fellows,
J. Sutcliffe
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 | Briedis, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Burnett, Brendan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Burns, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Davis, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Huppatz, Ray | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 46 | Smith, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 13 | 7 | 281 | 202 | 79 | 71 | 29 | 43 | 52 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Andrews, Ron (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Bennett, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | Besanko, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Burdett, Geoff | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Cahill, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 31 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Daniher, Terry | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 29 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Foulds, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Heard, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Marsh, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Mihocek, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Muir, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | Neagle, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Primmer, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Taubert, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Vander Haar, Paul | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Watson, Tim | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 10 | 273 | 209 | 64 | 59 | 39 | 52 | 43 | |||