1979 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Competition: 1979 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 123.6)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Alves, Stan #2 18 9 R01-04, R07, R09-12, R15-20, QF, SF, PF
Baker, Phil #29 4 0 R03-06
Blight, Malcolm #15 19 60 R01-04, R06-11, R17-22, QF, SF, PF
Bond, Shane #14 2 2 R03-04
Boyse, Maurice #44 15 14 R03-13, R21, QF, SF, PF
Briedis, Arnold #6 10 19 R01-02, R10-11, R13-17, PF
Bryant, Kevin #9 19 17 R01-04, R06, R11-22, QF, SF
Byrne, John #21 6 9 R01-05, R08
Cassin, John #3 14 14 R01-04, R06, R10-11, R19-22, QF, SF, PF
Cornes, Graham #11 5 10 R01-02, R08-10
Crosswell, Brent #8 10 13 R07-10, R12-15, R21, PF
Dempsey, Gary #24 25 14 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
Dench, David #23 13 4 R01-08, R21-22, QF, SF, PF
Easton, Stephen #1 15 18 R03-05, R07, R09-13, R17-19, QF, SF, PF
Ebert, Russell #7 25 15 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
Glendinning, Ross #4 21 59 R01-02, R05-07, R09-22, QF, SF
Good, Kerry #18 8 17 R08, R11-12, R18-20, R22, SF
Greig, Keith #27 22 1 R01-02, R04-22, PF
Gumbleton, Frank #38 1 0 R20
Henshaw, Ross #34 15 0 R08-09, R11-22, QF
Icke, Stephen #36 20 4 R03-10, R14-22, QF, SF, PF
Jarrott, Alan #47 17 6 R05-07, R12-22, QF, SF, PF
Law, John #13 24 0 R01-22, QF, SF
McCann, Stephen #16 25 7 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
Melrose, Graham #17 22 18 R01-08, R12-22, QF, SF, PF
Montgomery, Ken #12 5 0 R05-07, R10, PF
Murphy, John #26 6 5 R12, R15-16, R19, R21, QF
Nettlefold, Bill #35 14 7 R03, R05-09, R11-16, R18, SF
Nolan, Mick #22 6 1 R08, R14, R16, R20-22
Payne, Glenn #33 6 5 R01-02, R05, R09-11
Podolczak, Roger #37 7 6 R12-18
Ramsay, Roy #38 9 0 R01-08, PF
Schimmelbusch, Daryl #48 7 3 R09, R13-17, R22
Schimmelbusch, Wayne #20 25 24 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
Smith, Doug #19 2 0 R01-02
Sutton, Darryl #5 25 14 R01-22, QF, SF, PF
Tanner, Xavier #25 13 15 R09-11, R13-14, R17-20, R22, QF, SF, PF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Barassi, Ron 25 18 -0- 7 R01-22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 Essendon HOME WIN NMLB by 20 Ron Barassi unknown
14/04/1979 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN NMLB by 39 Ron Barassi unknown
21/04/1979 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN NMLB by 28 Ron Barassi Wayne Schimmelbusch
28/04/1979 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN NMLB by 50 Ron Barassi unknown
05/05/1979 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN NMLB by 50 Ron Barassi unknown
12/05/1979 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN NMLB by 5 Ron Barassi unknown
19/05/1979 Round 7 Carlton AWAY WIN NMLB by 4 Ron Barassi unknown
26/05/1979 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 54 Ron Barassi unknown
02/06/1979 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN NMLB by 45 Ron Barassi unknown
10/06/1979 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HWTH by 51 Ron Barassi unknown
18/06/1979 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN NMLB by 3 Ron Barassi unknown
23/06/1979 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 47 Ron Barassi unknown
30/06/1979 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOOT by 12 Ron Barassi unknown
07/07/1979 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN NMLB by 18 Ron Barassi unknown
14/07/1979 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY WIN NMLB by 57 Ron Barassi unknown
21/07/1979 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NMLB by 22 Ron Barassi unknown
28/07/1979 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN NMLB by 13 Ron Barassi unknown
04/08/1979 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 22 Ron Barassi unknown
11/08/1979 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NMLB by 67 Ron Barassi unknown
18/08/1979 Round 20 Melbourne HOME WIN NMLB by 72 Ron Barassi unknown
25/08/1979 Round 21 Hawthorn AWAY WIN NMLB by 105 Ron Barassi unknown
01/09/1979 Round 22 St Kilda HOME WIN NMLB by 79 Ron Barassi unknown
08/09/1979 Qualifying Final Collingwood HOME WIN NMLB by 39 Ron Barassi Wayne Schimmelbusch
15/09/1979 Semi Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 38 Ron Barassi Wayne Schimmelbusch
22/09/1979 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 27 Ron Barassi unknown