1979 VFL Season 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 twelve of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (15.11.101) defeated North Melbourne (6.18.54).

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

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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