1980 VFL Round 12: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1980 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 12 of the 1980 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

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

Essendon
S. Madden (capt.), P. Bennett, D. Burke, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, W. Foreman, G. Foulds, G. Fowler, S. Heard, P. Keenan, P. Light, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Merrett, R. Muir, M. Neagle, S. Robins, A. Stoneham, S. Taubert, T. Watson

North Melbourne (15.11.101) defeated Essendon (10.12.72).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: X. Tanner (4), K. Good (3), J. Byrne (2), W. Schimmelbusch (2), M. Blight, A. Briedis, G. Dempsey, R. Wright
Essendon: D. Burke (5), P. Keenan (3), W. Foreman, S. Robins

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder and Essendon remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 June 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 28,371

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.11.101 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 6 13 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Essendon 4 . 4 4 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin ESSE by 13 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 42 NMLB by 29 NMLB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captains: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), Simon Madden (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sawers, J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 2 1 1 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 7 0 2 5
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 3 0 2 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 40 21 19 22 29 1 3
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 1 2 1
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 3 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 8 0 6 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 4 4
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 0 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 1 0 1
26 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 2
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 1 23 13 10 1 0 1 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 15 9 6 1 0 3 4
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 4 2 21 17 4 9 0 1 1
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 4
32 Wright, Rodney ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 5 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 11 339 230 109 81 32 33 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 1 2
29 Burke, David ? ? 5 1 17 11 6 6 0 0 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 4 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 3
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 1 0 5 4
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 6 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 3 0 2 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 3 0 25 16 9 14 15 3 1
19 Light, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 4 11 2 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 1 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 2 31 21 10 6 0 0 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 2 0 2 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 2 0
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 0 0 0 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 1 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 2 28 18 10 1 1 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 337 220 117 64 28 39 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