1980 VFL Round 5: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1980 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round 5 of the 1980 VFL season. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at SCG. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), R. Abbey, B. Berry, N. Cordy, G. Cowton, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, R. Groenewegen, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, M. McKenna, G. Polson, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Templeton, G. Towns, R. Tweeddale, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), M. Blight, M. Boyse, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, G. Dempsey, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, J. Law, S. McCann, K. Montgomery, J. Murphy, M. Reeves, D. Schimmelbusch, D. Smith, D. Sutton, X. Tanner, B. Wilson

Footscray (8.7.55) were defeated by North Melbourne (26.21.177).

Goalkickers
Footscray: K. Templeton (3), I. Dunstan (2), I. Hampshire, R. Tweeddale, T. Whitten
North Melbourne: M. Blight (5), M. Boyse (3), A. Briedis (3), S. McCann (3), J. Murphy (3), M. Reeves (2), B. Wilson (2), J. Byrne, G. Dempsey, R. Glendinning, A. Jarrott, D. Smith

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 12th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 27 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 13,476

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 26.21.177

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 1 5 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
North Melbourne 3 . 5 12 . 14 14 . 17 26 . 21 26 . 21 (177)
Margin FOOT by 8 NMLB by 54 NMLB by 61 NMLB by 122 NMLB by 122
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Geoff Jennings (Footscray), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 0
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 2 14 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 3 0
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 0 2
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 0 1 0 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 5 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 5 9 4 7 4 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 0 0 3 0
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 3 33 16 17 2 0 2 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 2
19 Polson, Gordon ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 3 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 1 3 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 0 12 10 2 8 0 0 3
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 3 2
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 2 0 1 0
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 2 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 7 290 188 102 35 23 31 24

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 5 2 12 8 4 3 2 1 2
10 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 3 3 24 21 3 6 0 0 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 3 17 13 4 6 0 1 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 1 0 27 16 11 0 0 2 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 1 33 19 14 15 42 1 3
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 1 2 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 6 0 3 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 1 21 9 12 0 0 0 3
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 3 2 20 13 7 5 7 0 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1
26 Murphy, John ? ? 3 2 20 14 6 3 0 1 1
30 Reeves, Michael ? ? 2 2 17 11 6 5 3 1 1
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 2 0 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 1
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 7 0 1 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 1 26 14 12 0 0 3 0
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 2 23 11 12 3 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 26 21 399 256 143 77 55 24 31

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