1978 VFL Season Round 13: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1978 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy 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 Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (21.16.142) defeated North Melbourne (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,156

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 21.16.142 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 10 . 10 17 . 12 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
North Melbourne 3 . 7 6 . 10 12 . 11 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin NMLB by 4 RICH by 24 RICH by 31 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 6 0 15 10 5 6 8 1 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 4 19 18 1 5 1 2 1
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 1 5 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 5 1 18 14 4 8 1 1 2
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 9 0 1 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 1
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 9 0 1 1
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 10 26 1 2
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
42 McMillan, Geoff ? ? 2 5 14 8 6 6 0 0 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 3 16 14 2 3 0 1 0
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 5 0 2 2
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 4 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 3 2
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 4 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 16 303 227 76 86 37 31 21

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 2 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 8 1 23 17 6 4 0 0 3
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 0 0
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 8 0 1 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 4 0 2 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 3 7 5 2 3 0 2 5
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 5 0 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 2
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 4 0 1 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 6 1 2 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 4 0 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 10 17 2 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 6 8 0 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 0 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 1 3
46 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 5 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 15 289 209 80 89 27 21 31

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