1981 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1981 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round one of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

North Melbourne (21.19.145) defeated South Melbourne (12.25.97).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 March 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 19,437

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 21.19.145 - 12.25.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 5 9 . 8 16 . 15 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
South Melbourne 2 . 7 5 . 11 8 . 16 12 . 25 12 . 25 (97)
Margin NMLB by 16 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 47 NMLB by 48 NMLB by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Malcolm Blight

South Melbourne

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 3 18 16 2 4 0 2 3
28 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 2 0 0 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 33 3 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 1
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 2
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 5 3 11 10 1 6 0 1 6
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 1
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 0 3
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 1
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 3 0 0 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 3 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 3 1 17 14 3 5 5 3 2
8 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 2 4
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 2 1 15 8 7 1 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 3 23 20 3 8 0 6 3
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 2
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 1 0 1 0
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 4 2 1 2
32 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 19 269 206 63 68 40 29 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 4 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 3 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 4 15 11 4 0 0 3 3
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 1 0 0 2
29 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 4 2
27 James, Max ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 2 0 2 1
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 0
4 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 2 0 2 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
2 Plumb, Phillip ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 13 0 2
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 4 2
10 Roberts, John ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 5 0 0 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 5 13 2 0
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 3 2 26 21 5 4 0 1 3
22 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 5 3 16 10 6 2 0 4 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 7 2 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 25 237 168 69 40 35 39 29

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