1978 VFL Round 16: Collingwood v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1978 between Collingwood and North Melbourne during round 16 of the 1978 VFL season. Collingwood hosted North Melbourne at Victoria Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts with Phil Carman as vice-captain. 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 Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Collingwood
L. Thompson (capt.), P. Carman (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, R. Barham, L. Carlson, J. Dellamarta, A. Ireland, R. Kink, S. Magro, P. Manassa, P. McCormack, P. Moore, K. Morris, R. Oborne, B. Picken, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, D. Shaw, R. Shaw, C. Stewart

North Melbourne
K. Greig (capt.), W. Schimmelbusch (vice-capt.), M. Blight, M. Boyse, R. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Crosswell, R. Glendinning, K. Good, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, P. Keenan, S. McCann, G. Melrose, J. Moylan, B. Nettlefold, M. Nolan, R. Ramsay, D. Sutton

Collingwood (7.17.59) were defeated by North Melbourne (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: R. Shaw (2), L. Carlson, P. Carman, J. Dellamarta, R. Kink, L. Thompson
North Melbourne: M. Blight (6), M. Boyse (2), K. Good (2), G. Melrose (2), J. Burns, B. Nettlefold, D. Sutton

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and North Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Collingwood v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 33,902

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by North Melbourne
Score: 7.17.59 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 3 3 . 10 4 . 13 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
North Melbourne 2 . 3 7 . 5 12 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin COLL by 6 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 42 NMLB by 42 NMLB by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Collingwood), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Phil Carman (Collingwood), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 2
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 0 0 1 3
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 2
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 4 0 1 3
33 Dellamarta, John ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 5 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 5 1 3 1
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 4
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 5 0 1 1
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 5 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 5 0 1 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 3 12 10 2 1 0 3 2
44 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 2 29 23 6 7 0 3 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 8 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 5 13 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 17 248 191 57 51 17 40 31

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 6 2 15 15 0 10 0 1 6
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 1
49 Briedis, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 6
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 2 5
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 1 0
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 13 0 2 3
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 6 0 2 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 2 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 0 0 2 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 4 2 3 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 0 0 0 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 8 2 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 1 24 16 8 4 0 3 2
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 2 26 16 10 5 0 1 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 17 2 1
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 2 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 1 0 4 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 6 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 11 313 213 100 76 33 31 40

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