1979 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the 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 (18.13.121) defeated Collingwood (9.28.82).

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Ron Barassi

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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