1981 VFL 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 7 of the 1981 VFL season.
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
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), M. Blight, K. Bryant, J. Cassin, A. Demetriou, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, D. Henderson, R. Henshaw, K. Hodgeman, A. Jarrott, P. Jonas, P. Kelly, J. Law, S. McCann, M. Reeves, D. Schimmelbusch, B. Wilson
Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), B. Berry, J. Berry, C. Burton, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, M. Komp, M. McKenna, B. Perrin, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Sait, T. Wheeler
North Melbourne (17.16.118) defeated Footscray (7.12.54).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Blight (8), J. Cassin (2), D. Schimmelbusch (2), K. Hodgeman, A. Jarrott, P. Jonas, P. Kelly, J. Law
Footscray: K. Sait (3), G. Jennings (2), M. McKenna, T. Wheeler
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Footscray remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
Malcolm Blight
(North Melbourne),
Royce Hart
(Footscray)
Captains:
Wayne Schimmelbusch
(North Melbourne),
Geoff Jennings
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||