1981 VFL Round 4: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1981 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round 4 of the 1981 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Bryan Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), M. Boyse, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, S. Easton, R. Glendinning, K. Good, D. Henderson, K. Hodgeman, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, P. Kelly, J. Law, K. McGuire, G. Payne, R. Ramsay, M. Reeves, D. Smith, P. Spencer, X. Tanner

Richmond
B. Wood (capt.), K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, E. Dunne, M. Keane, G. Landy, M. Lee, S. Mount, M. Nugent, G. Raines, M. Roach, G. Robertson, B. Rowlings, P. Sarah, G. Strachan, B. Tempany, M. Wall, D. Weightman, R. Wiley

North Melbourne (13.17.95) were defeated by Richmond (17.22.124).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Reeves (3), K. Good (2), P. Spencer (2), M. Boyse, K. Hodgeman, A. Jarrott, P. Kelly, G. Payne, D. Smith
Richmond: M. Roach (6), K. Bartlett (4), D. Cloke (2), B. Tempany (2), M. Nugent, G. Raines, P. Sarah

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Richmond were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 18 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 48,528

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 13.17.95 - 17.22.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 8 7 . 12 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Richmond 4 . 5 9 . 12 14 . 17 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
Margin RICH by 13 RICH by 34 RICH by 47 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne), Tony Jewell (Richmond)
Captains: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), Bryan Wood (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 2 0 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 10 26 1 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 5 0 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 7 2 3 2
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 2 0 5 1
26 Henderson, Darryl ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 5 0 2 1
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 4 0 5 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 2 2
31 McGuire, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
33 Payne, Glenn ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 0 2
8 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 0 0
30 Reeves, Michael ? ? 3 3 14 8 6 3 1 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 2 23 21 2 5 0 4 3
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 1
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 1 0 4 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 17 265 196 69 60 34 34 25

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 5 20 19 1 6 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 1 0 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 3 20 11 9 7 6 0 3
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 5 1 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 1
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 3 1
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 22 3 2
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 1 0 2
37 Nugent, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 4 1 2 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 0 31 18 13 3 0 4 4
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 6 2 18 12 6 7 0 0 4
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 3 21 16 5 4 0 0 3
11 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 4 0 2 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 4 0 1 4
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 0
43 Wall, Matthew ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 2 1
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 0 29 10 19 1 0 2 2
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 4 27 21 6 2 0 1 1
16 Wood, Bryan (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 8 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 22 349 232 117 76 36 25 34

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