1978 VFL Season Round 17: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1978 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

North Melbourne (18.14.122) defeated Geelong (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 15,775

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.14.122 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 7 8 . 8 17 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Geelong 2 . 2 6 . 9 8 . 10 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin NMLB by 17 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 56 NMLB by 46 NMLB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
N. Nash

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 4 0 2 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 3 20 19 1 7 0 0 4
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 3 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 2 20 14 6 7 1 4 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 3 0 2 6
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 2 1
55 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 3 3 1 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 3 0 17 12 5 9 1 2 2
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 7 0 2 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 8 0 2 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 1 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 7 3 1 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 4 14 3 1 0 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 4 0 3 2
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 0
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 6
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 23 2 5
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 5 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 3 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 1 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 14 333 230 103 96 33 37 40

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 6 4 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 4 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 26 18 8 5 1 0 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 4 0 1 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 0 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 6
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 13 4 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 1 0 4 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 1 0 6 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 10 5 3 4
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 3 24 21 3 5 0 1 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 3 14 10 4 1 0 4 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 4 0 2 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 16 293 203 90 63 25 40 37

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