1979 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1979 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (13.16.94) were defeated by North Melbourne (20.13.133).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 23,451

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 13.16.94 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 8 . 5 12 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
North Melbourne 3 . 1 10 . 4 14 . 7 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Margin FOOT by 15 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 39 NMLB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 9 7 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 5 0 2 0
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 4 5 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 0 22 15 7 2 0 1 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 2 0
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 8 0 2 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 7 8 5 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 3
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 3 1 2 4
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 3 0 4 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 0 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 1 1 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 7 12 12 0 7 0 1 2
43 Tivendale, Norm ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 1 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 16 311 240 71 73 21 38 31

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 6 0 1 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 8 5 19 18 1 9 0 2 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 6 0 2 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 0 32 19 13 4 1 2 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 3 0 2 2
11 Cornes, Graham ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 1 1 5
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 10 16 4 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 2 0 32 20 12 10 0 3 3
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 2
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 7 2 0
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 28 17 11 4 0 1 2
33 Payne, Glenn ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 2
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 4 21 14 7 8 0 2 0
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 13 349 236 113 89 25 31 38

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