1979 VFL Qualifying Final: North Melbourne v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1979 between North Melbourne and Collingwood in the qualifying final of the 1979 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at MCG.
Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts.
Ray Shaw captained the visitors with Kevin Morris as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.
North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), S. Alves, M. Blight, M. Boyse, K. Bryant, J. Cassin, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, S. Easton, R. Ebert, R. Glendinning, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, J. Law, S. McCann, G. Melrose, J. Murphy, D. Sutton, X. Tanner
Collingwood
R. Shaw (capt.), K. Morris (vice-capt.), D. Banks, R. Brewer, R. Byrne, L. Carlson, C. Davis, M. Dreher, A. Edwards, A. Ireland, R. Kink, S. Magro, P. McCormack, P. Moore, R. Ohlsen, B. Picken, T. Shaw, C. Stewart, R. Wearmouth, K. Worthington
North Melbourne (18.13.121) defeated Collingwood (9.28.82).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Cassin (5), K. Bryant (3), G. Melrose (3), M. Boyse (2), G. Dempsey, D. Dench, S. Easton, J. Murphy, X. Tanner
Collingwood: R. Wearmouth (3), A. Edwards, R. Kink, K. Morris, R. Shaw, C. Stewart, K. Worthington
As a result of this match, North Melbourne faced Carlton in the second semi final and Collingwood faced Fitzroy in the first semi final.
Match Details
Season:
1979 VFL Season
Round:
Qualifying Final
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 8 September 1979
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
84,660
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Collingwood
Score:
18.13.121 - 9.28.82
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 3 | . | 2 | 6 | . | 5 | 16 | . | 7 | 18 | . | 13 | 18 | . | 13 | (121) |
| Collingwood | 4 | . | 8 | 7 | . | 17 | 8 | . | 23 | 9 | . | 28 | 9 | . | 28 | (82) |
| Margin | COLL by 12 | COLL by 18 | NMLB by 32 | NMLB by 39 | NMLB by 39 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Tom Hafey
(Collingwood)
Captains:
Wayne Schimmelbusch
(North Melbourne),
Ray Shaw
(Collingwood)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(North Melbourne),
Kevin Morris
(Collingwood)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller,
K. Smith
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alves, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Boyse, Maurice | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Bryant, Kevin | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Dench, David | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Easton, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ebert, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Law, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Murphy, John | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 13 | 309 | 212 | 97 | 69 | 33 | 31 | 32 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Banks, Denis | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Brewer, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Byrne, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Carlson, Leigh | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Davis, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Dreher, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Edwards, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 | Ireland, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Kink, Rene | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Magro, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | McCormack, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Moore, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Morris, Kevin (vc) | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 34 | Ohlsen, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | Picken, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | Shaw, Ray (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | Shaw, Tony | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Stewart, Craig | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Wearmouth, Ronnie | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Worthington, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 28 | 278 | 223 | 55 | 56 | 30 | 43 | 43 | |||