1979 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1979 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round nine of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Melbourne (17.9.111) were defeated by North Melbourne (23.18.156).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,261

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 17.9.111 - 23.18.156

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 2 13 . 5 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
North Melbourne 5 . 7 10 . 8 14 . 13 23 . 18 23 . 18 (156)
Margin NMLB by 23 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 45 NMLB by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Carl Ditterich

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 18 9 9 8 10 4 3
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 0 16 6 10 2 1 2 6
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 4 0
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 0 30 16 14 7 0 2 0
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 0 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 4 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 1 28 22 6 4 0 2 1
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 3
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 2
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 2 7 3 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 4 2 19 16 3 6 0 1 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
48 Wallace, John ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 3 35 27 8 10 0 5 2
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 9 298 197 101 64 19 38 26

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 2 1 31 22 9 9 0 1 4
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 4 2 0 4
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 5 0 2 0
11 Cornes, Graham ? ? 3 3 20 13 7 6 0 1 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 3 13 11 2 7 0 1 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 6 16 5 6
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 2 12 0 3
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 10 0 22 17 5 11 3 0 5
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 2 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 4 0 2 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 3 1 0
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 1 2
33 Payne, Glenn ? ? 1 2 20 12 8 5 0 1 1
48 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 3 0 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 1 22 13 9 6 0 3 3
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 26 17 9 4 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 18 346 232 114 90 37 26 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