1981 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1981 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round seven of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

North Melbourne (17.16.118) defeated Footscray (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 9 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 10,989

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 17.16.118 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 9 . 5 14 . 10 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Footscray 2 . 6 3 . 9 4 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin FOOT by 10 NMLB by 32 NMLB by 60 NMLB by 64 NMLB by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 8 2 14 14 0 3 0 3 2
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 2 3 17 10 7 1 0 1 3
48 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 9 31 5 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 3 0
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 7 2 1 6
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 2 2
26 Henderson, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 1 1 3
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 2 20 12 8 5 0 2 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 5 0 1 3
18 Jonas, Peter ? ? 1 2 15 7 8 3 0 3 3
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0
13 Law, John ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 9 1 1
30 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 1 3
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 2 0 3 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 29 22 7 13 0 2 3
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 16 331 227 104 86 43 38 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 8 1 1
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 2 0
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 3 24 15 9 9 0 3 4
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 2 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 16 4 5
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 0 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 0 24 11 13 2 1 0 2
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 2 7 1
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 0 1 2 1
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 0 0 6
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 20 9 11 3 0 1 5
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 6 4
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 3 3 21 17 4 0 0 5 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 0 28 25 3 2 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 12 316 206 110 45 28 41 38

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