1979 VFL Season 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 one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (17.27.129) defeated Essendon (16.13.109).

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

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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