1978 VFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1978 between North Melbourne and St Kilda during round fourteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Gary Colling captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

North Melbourne (19.7.121) were defeated by St Kilda (18.16.124).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 12,799

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 19.7.121 - 18.16.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 6 19 . 7 19 . 7 (121)
St Kilda 4 . 7 6 . 8 15 . 13 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Margin STKL by 23 STKL by 3 STKL by 37 STKL by 3 STKL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
K. Quinn

Goal Umpires

E. Brewer
T. Johnson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 4 3 2 2
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 0 29 18 11 4 0 3 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 8 0 2 5
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 3 0 2 5
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 4 0 2 0
33 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1
55 Easton, Stephen ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 8 5 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 1 0
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 3 1
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 7 15 3 2
50 Law, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 6 14 7 1
51 Payne, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 3 0 23 21 2 6 0 4 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 3 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 7 305 205 100 77 37 39 31

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 5
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 3 13 11 2 4 0 0 1
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 2 2 0 4
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 1 2
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 13 2 3
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 1
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 2 1 27 21 6 8 0 2 0
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 1 1 28 15 13 2 0 5 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 0 20 20 0 3 0 0 0
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 4 0 0 3
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 3 0 2 1
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 0 0
43 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 4 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 2 1 3
49 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 2 0 24 17 7 13 9 1 5
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 2
27 Young, George ? ? 5 2 11 8 3 4 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 16 263 201 62 73 26 30 39

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