1978 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1978 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson 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 Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (11.16.82) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.10.124).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,804

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.16.82 - 19.10.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
North Melbourne 1 . 0 9 . 4 16 . 6 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Margin FITZ by 30 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 42 NMLB by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 2 13 4 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 1 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 8 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 6 0 1 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 1 4 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 4 2 27 26 1 3 0 2 1
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 1
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 4 22 13 9 7 0 5 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 2 2 4 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 1 9 3 6 1 0 3 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 3 0 3 6
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 6 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 16 254 192 62 60 17 46 36

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 4
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 4 0 0 0
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 3 0 1 3
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 4 2
55 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 10 3 3 4
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 0 1 27 23 4 6 1 5 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 9 0 2 4
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 2 1 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 3 0 13 10 3 8 6 0 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 3 30 21 9 8 0 3 3
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 2 1 3 4
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 15 2 5
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 5 0 20 16 4 3 0 3 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 10 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 10 319 236 83 84 29 36 46

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