1981 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1981 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round six of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

North Melbourne (27.17.179) defeated Fitzroy (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 2 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 16,219

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 27.17.179 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 4 12 . 12 17 . 14 27 . 17 27 . 17 (179)
Fitzroy 8 . 4 8 . 6 16 . 8 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin FITZ by 24 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 53 NMLB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. James

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 5 5 17 13 4 8 0 0 3
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 35 2 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 4 2 21 16 5 10 1 2 4
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 5 1 11 8 3 3 0 1 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 3
26 Henderson, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 3 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 0
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 3 2 25 15 10 0 0 2 4
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 4
18 Jonas, Peter ? ? 2 2 17 9 8 8 0 0 2
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 3 1 19 14 5 2 0 4 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 6 1 2
30 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 1
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 1 1 29 17 12 4 0 4 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 1 27 19 8 4 0 4 3
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 2
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 0 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 27 17 316 223 93 68 42 35 45

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 4 14 3 1
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 3 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 4 0 1 5
14 Everett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 4 0 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 2
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 4 0 3 2
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 2 15 7 8 1 7 2 1
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 5 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 3 10 8 2 1 0 0 1
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 1 0 1 4
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 2
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 7 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 3 0 19 10 9 3 0 0 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 3
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 9 10 1 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 2 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 1
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 0 1 36 21 15 2 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 12 255 184 71 43 35 45 35

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