1978 VFL Season Round 21: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1978 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden 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 Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (7.9.51) were defeated by North Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 22,337

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 7.9.51 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 1 . 4 2 . 5 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
North Melbourne 4 . 6 9 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin NMLB by 23 NMLB by 51 NMLB by 58 NMLB by 26 NMLB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 4 0 4 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 0
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 2 0 2 2
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 5 0 7 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 10 7 3 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 5 1 2 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 2 0 8 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 7 0 2 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 8 14 2 4
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 0 2 2
3 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 29 26 3 8 0 3 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 3
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 5 1 2
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 3 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 9 324 253 71 79 27 53 38

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 3 19 16 3 5 2 0 1
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 0 0
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 5 0 5 5
11 Burns, John ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 6 0 1 5
21 Byrne, John ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 2 0 2 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 6 0 3 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 4
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
55 Easton, Stephen ? ? 1 0 7 2 5 2 2 1 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 5 0 3 5
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 3 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 13 14 3 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 5 5 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 8 0 1 5
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 2
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 3 3
46 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 4 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 11 321 228 93 96 23 38 53

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