1979 VFL Round 12: Essendon v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1979 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 12 of the 1979 VFL season.
Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill.
Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.
Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), S. Madden (vice-capt.), R. Amos, P. Bennett, N. Besanko, M. Crow, N. Daniher, B. Day, F. Dunell, G. Foulds, P. Keenan, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Muir, W. Primmer, A. Reid, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson
North Melbourne
S. Alves, M. Boyse, K. Bryant, B. Crosswell, G. Dempsey, S. Easton, R. Ebert, R. Glendinning, K. Good, K. Greig, R. Henshaw, A. Jarrott, J. Law, S. McCann, G. Melrose, J. Murphy, B. Nettlefold, R. Podolczak, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Sutton
Essendon (15.11.101) defeated North Melbourne (6.18.54).
Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Madden (3), W. Primmer (3), T. Watson (3), F. Dunell (2), P. Vander Haar (2), P. Keenan, D. Scanlon
North Melbourne: D. Sutton (2), M. Boyse, K. Good, S. McCann, R. Podolczak
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 4th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the day.
Match Details
Season:
1979 VFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
Essendon
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 23 June 1979
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
30,631
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
15.11.101 - 6.18.54
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 3 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 8 | 13 | . | 9 | 15 | . | 11 | 15 | . | 11 | (101) |
| North Melbourne | 0 | . | 3 | 0 | . | 7 | 1 | . | 12 | 6 | . | 18 | 6 | . | 18 | (54) |
| Margin | ESSE by 20 | ESSE by 61 | ESSE by 69 | ESSE by 47 | ESSE by 47 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Barry Davis
(Essendon),
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne)
Captains:
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon),
unknown
(North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Simon Madden
(Essendon),
unknown
(North Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
P. Cameron,
M. Dye
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Amos, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Bennett, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | Besanko, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Daniher, Neale | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Day, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Dunell, Frank | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Foulds, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Keenan, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon (vc) | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mansfield, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 37 | Marsh, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Muir, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Primmer, Wayne | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Reid, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | Robins, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Scanlon, Denis | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Vander Haar, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 32 | Watson, Tim | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 11 | 331 | 237 | 94 | 86 | 30 | 44 | 24 | |||
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alves, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Boyse, Maurice | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Bryant, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Crosswell, Brent | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Easton, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ebert, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Good, Kerry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Law, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Murphy, John | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 35 | Nettlefold, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 37 | Podolczak, Roger | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 6 | 18 | 277 | 196 | 81 | 78 | 35 | 24 | 44 | |||