1979 VFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1979 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round twenty of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

North Melbourne (15.27.117) defeated Melbourne (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 10,680

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 15.27.117 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 15 8 . 22 15 . 27 15 . 27 (117)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Margin NMLB by 4 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 72 NMLB by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 3
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 7 0 1 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 1 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 5 10 8 2 5 16 0 3
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 0 2 41 30 11 6 1 4 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 5 2 24 16 8 9 1 3 4
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 1 3 15 9 6 3 0 1 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 1 1 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 4 0 1 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 2 4
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 2 6 4 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 4 20 11 9 3 0 3 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 4 13 2 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 6 0 5 3
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 4 3 18 15 3 2 0 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 27 350 241 109 69 38 37 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 15 6 4
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 0 5 2 0
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 5 0 2
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 1 1 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 0 40 31 9 6 0 2 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 5
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 4 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 2 0 4 2
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 4 5
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 3
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 1 0 1 3
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 5 2 1 1
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 1 4 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 4 0
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 9 280 198 82 44 28 37 37

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