1978 VFL Season Round 19: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1978 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Keith Greig captained the hosts with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

North Melbourne (26.18.174) defeated Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 10,183

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 26.18.174 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 8 . 6 15 . 8 20 . 13 26 . 18 26 . 18 (174)
Melbourne 2 . 3 7 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin NMLB by 39 NMLB by 51 NMLB by 83 NMLB by 113 NMLB by 113
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
J. Moss

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 3 2 3
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 8 5 18 16 2 10 0 2 1
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 0 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 5 4 26 22 4 9 0 5 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 2 22 12 10 2 0 2 0
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 3
14 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 4
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 8 0 1 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 4 0 2 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 14 3 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 3 3 33 19 14 4 0 4 3
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 2 0 27 21 6 1 0 2 6
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 5 16 1 2
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 5 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 3 0 3 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 4 2 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 26 18 350 231 119 85 35 36 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 12 24 6 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 5 10 7 3 2 0 0 5
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 31 24 7 5 0 2 2
36 Cooke, Gary ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 7 0 3 2
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 3 0 1 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 1 1
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 1 0
26 McKeon, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 7 0 1 4
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 2 11 6 5 2 0 0 2
49 Rea, Mick ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 6 0 0
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 8 7 3 3
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 28 24 4 6 0 10 0
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 13 266 206 60 82 37 37 36

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