1978 VFL Season Round 12: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1978 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round twelve of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

North Melbourne (8.12.60) were defeated by Footscray (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,629

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 8.12.60 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Footscray 5 . 4 7 . 4 10 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 0
49 Briedis, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 0 0 1 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 5 4 10 9 1 9 0 1 3
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 0 5 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 5 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 2 2
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 4 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 5 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 7 13 1 5
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 5 0 2 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 1 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 3 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 18 1 3
37 Podolczak, Roger ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 2 0 2 3
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 9 0 3 4
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 8 12 272 192 80 62 31 43 42

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 3 2
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 1 0 1
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 3 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 6 0 2 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 6 0 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 3 1 2 3
8 Johnson, Matt ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 4 0 5 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 2 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 1 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 16 1 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 6 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 7 4 13 12 1 10 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 8 4 2
49 Wheeler, Garry ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 3 1 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 4
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 1 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 12 312 217 95 82 28 43 42

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