1978 VFL Season 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 ten of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (13.7.85) defeated Essendon (12.10.82).

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

North Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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