1979 VFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1979 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

North Melbourne (13.16.94) were defeated by Fitzroy (21.22.148).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 17,649

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.16.94 - 21.22.148

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 9 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Fitzroy 4 . 7 5 . 10 13 . 20 21 . 22 21 . 22 (148)
Margin FITZ by 15 NMLB by 21 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 54 FITZ by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 2 4 4
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 1 3
11 Cornes, Graham ? ? 3 3 13 9 4 3 0 3 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 4 21 14 7 4 2 5 9
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 9 28 3 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 0
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 2
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 1 0 2 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 5 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 1 5 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 3 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 1 2 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 0 0 0 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 2 22 1 2
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 5 0 2 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 2 3 15 12 3 4 0 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 16 284 190 94 53 56 49 47

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 2 24 7 3
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 3 1 1 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 2 7 7 0 5 2 1 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 1 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 1 6 2 4
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 0 0 5 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 4 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 1 0 3 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 2 2 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 2 14 6 8 1 0 3 3
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 1 2 0 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 3 28 22 6 4 1 1 5
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 3 4 20 16 4 3 0 3 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 4
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 4 24 14 10 0 0 6 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 22 288 187 101 31 38 47 49

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