1979 VFL Round 1: North Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1979 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 1 of the 1979 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval.
Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.
North Melbourne
S. Alves, M. Blight, A. Briedis, K. Bryant, J. Byrne, J. Cassin, G. Cornes, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, R. Ebert, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, J. Law, S. McCann, G. Melrose, G. Payne, R. Ramsay, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Smith, D. Sutton
Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), S. Madden (vice-capt.), P. Bennett, N. Besanko, C. Boyd, M. Crow, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, A. Davis, B. Day, G. Foulds, I. Marsh, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, W. Primmer, A. Reid, D. Scanlon, R. Shaw, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson
North Melbourne (17.27.129) defeated Essendon (16.13.109).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Blight (7), A. Briedis (3), G. Cornes (2), S. McCann (2), J. Byrne, R. Ebert, G. Melrose
Essendon: T. Daniher (5), P. Vander Haar (4), M. Crow (3), G. Foulds (2), A. Davis, T. Watson
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the day.
Match Details
Season:
1979 VFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 7 April 1979
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Arden Street Oval
Attendance:
22,633
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Essendon
Score:
17.27.129 - 16.13.109
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 4 | . | 8 | 8 | . | 14 | 14 | . | 20 | 17 | . | 27 | 17 | . | 27 | (129) |
| Essendon | 5 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 10 | 16 | . | 13 | 16 | . | 13 | (109) |
| Margin | ESSE by 1 | NMLB by 5 | NMLB by 22 | NMLB by 20 | NMLB by 20 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Barry Davis
(Essendon)
Captains:
unknown
(North Melbourne),
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(North Melbourne),
Simon Madden
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
R. Sawers,
J. Sutcliffe
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alves, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 7 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Bryant, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Cornes, Graham | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Dench, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ebert, Russell | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Law, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 1 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Payne, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Ramsay, Roy | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Smith, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 17 | 27 | 342 | 226 | 116 | 82 | 29 | 31 | 50 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Bennett, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 30 | Besanko, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Boyd, Colin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Daniher, Neale | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Daniher, Terry | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Day, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Foulds, Garry | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 37 | Marsh, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | Merrett, Roger | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Neagle, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Primmer, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Reid, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | Scanlon, Denis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Shaw, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Vander Haar, Paul | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Watson, Tim | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 13 | 305 | 216 | 89 | 59 | 23 | 50 | 31 | |||