1981 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1981 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round two of the 1981 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 Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Essendon (16.15.111) defeated North Melbourne (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,754

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.15.111 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 6 . 8 10 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
North Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 2 11 . 5 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin NMLB by 21 NMLB by 6 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 3
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 0 1
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 3 2 24 17 7 3 0 2 2
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 3
8 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 2 1 0 3
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 5 11 3 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 1 0 4 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 5 1 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 1 0 3 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 0 0 3 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 1 0 2 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 0 0 5 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 16 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 1 7 0 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 2 0 0 3
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 6 0 4 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 1 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 15 263 205 58 41 37 39 40

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 1 11 8 3 1 0 2 3
28 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 0 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 32 8 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 3 0
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 2 3 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 2 3
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 4 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 3
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 4 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 2 0
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 2 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 3 0 2
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 3 0 4 3
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 4
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 5 0 0 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 4 2
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 2
32 Wright, Rodney ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 3 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 9 252 197 55 43 38 40 39

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