1979 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1979 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round three of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Arden Street Oval. 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 (18.19.127) defeated Collingwood (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 21 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 29,747

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 18.19.127 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 3 4 . 13 9 . 14 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Collingwood 5 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 12 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin COLL by 32 COLL by 12 COLL by 10 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 28
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
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 2 0
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 2 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 7 3 15 14 1 7 0 1 5
14 Bond, Shane ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 3 0 2 6
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 7 0 2 0
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 7 0 0 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 4 0 0 7
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 1 0 4 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 3 0 17 12 5 9 20 3 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 8 0 4 0
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 3 0 0 0
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 5 0 0 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 1 1 3
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 4 10 4 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 2 29 21 8 4 0 4 3
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 1 20 8 12 2 0 2 3
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 2 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 6 0 3 4
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 10 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 19 347 236 111 98 31 40 41

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 2 0 0 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 0 16 8 8 4 0 0 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 7 17 2 4
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 1 0 0 2
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 1 0 5 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 4
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 4 1 3 2
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 0 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 1 2 15 7 8 6 1 4 1
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 0 0 31 23 8 0 0 4 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 0 0 0 2
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 5 1
33 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 15 265 193 72 44 19 41 40

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