1981 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1981 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round ten of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Garry Baker captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Melbourne (6.7.43) were defeated by North Melbourne (25.22.172).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 17,015

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 6.7.43 - 25.22.172

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 7 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
North Melbourne 6 . 5 11 . 11 17 . 15 25 . 22 25 . 22 (172)
Margin NMLB by 20 NMLB by 42 NMLB by 74 NMLB by 129 NMLB by 129
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Baker
Coach: Ron Barassi

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Dargavel
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry (c) ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 18 2 4
42 Barham, Jamie ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 7 3 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 3 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 4
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 1 0 1 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 3 0 2 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 6 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 0 0 1 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 3 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 4 1 3 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 7 1 2 4
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 15 3 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 2 0 2 0
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 0 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 7 265 175 90 45 42 41 36

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 2 22 22 0 6 0 3 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
48 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 4 38 4 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
46 Dugdale, Glenn ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 1 3 24 18 6 7 7 1 3
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 9 5 16 15 1 9 0 1 0
18 Jonas, Peter ? ? 2 3 23 15 8 3 1 1 4
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 3 2 29 21 8 5 0 5 2
13 Law, John ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 0 0 2 4
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 1 2 1
31 McGuire, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 3
8 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 1 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 4 0 3 2
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 3 1 35 25 10 7 0 2 4
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 1 0 3 3
32 Wright, Rodney ? ? 1 1 28 24 4 6 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 25 22 344 258 86 66 49 36 41

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