1981 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1981 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round three of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

North Melbourne (15.26.116) defeated Geelong (14.5.89).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 11 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 17,753

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 15.26.116 - 14.5.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 8 9 . 15 13 . 21 15 . 26 15 . 26 (116)
Geelong 2 . 3 4 . 4 6 . 4 14 . 5 14 . 5 (89)
Margin NMLB by 11 NMLB by 41 NMLB by 59 NMLB by 27 NMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 11 25 6 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 1
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 4 2 4 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 9 0 5 2
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 5 0 3 1
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 4 3 23 21 2 5 0 3 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 3 0 1 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 1 1
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 4 0 6 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 3 1 1
31 McGuire, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 0
33 Payne, Glenn ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 0 2
37 Podolczak, Roger ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
8 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 6 2
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 8 31 26 5 5 0 5 1
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 1 4 12 9 3 5 0 1 1
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 2 2 26 13 13 3 0 0 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 26 336 252 84 73 30 45 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 12 1 0
29 Bogunovich, Ramsay ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 4 17 0 3
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 1 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 24 18 6 5 0 1 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 27 20 7 6 0 2 2
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 6 0 2 5
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 0 0
12 Mangels, Alan ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 4
14 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 0 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 4 3 2 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 3 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 3 0 1 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 4
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 3
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 2 0 18 18 0 3 0 3 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 5 312 227 85 61 32 25 45

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