1980 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1980 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round one of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Simon Madden captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Essendon (12.15.87) were defeated by North Melbourne (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 March 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 28,306

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 12.15.87 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 7 . 6 8 . 9 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
North Melbourne 5 . 3 9 . 7 13 . 10 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 0
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 1
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 0
8 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 5 1 0 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 0 0 2 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 3 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
3 Day, Barry ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 1 0 2 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 1 4 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 3 0 2 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 12 1 1
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 2 0 17 10 7 5 16 1 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 4 0 3 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 4 4
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 0 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 4 1 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 15 282 202 80 52 31 33 26

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 3 0 2 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 2 12 9 3 1 1 2 5
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 3 0
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 6 20 2 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 4 3
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 6 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 1 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 2 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 5 0 1 4
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 3 2 1
37 Podolczak, Roger ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 3
30 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 27 23 4 7 0 1 1
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 3 0 1 2
18 Turco, Mario ? ? 1 2 11 5 6 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 10 290 192 98 57 24 26 33

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