1981 VFL Round 12: North Melbourne v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1981 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 12 of the 1981 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval.
Simon Madden captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.
North Melbourne
M. Blight, J. Byrne, A. Demetriou, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, G. Dugdale, R. Glendinning, R. Henshaw, K. Hodgeman, A. Jarrott, P. Jonas, J. Law, S. McCann, K. McGuire, R. Ramsay, M. Reeves, P. Spencer, X. Tanner, B. Wilson, R. Wright
Essendon
S. Madden (capt.), R. Andrews, P. Bennett, T. Buhagiar, G. Burdett, S. Carey, N. Clarke, M. Crow, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, G. Foulds, G. Fowler, G. Hawker, J. Madden, M. Neagle, G. Schultz, R. Shaw, A. Stoneham, S. Taubert, T. Watson
North Melbourne (13.12.90) were defeated by Essendon (18.29.137).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Blight (7), P. Spencer (2), G. Dempsey, K. Hodgeman, S. McCann, M. Reeves
Essendon: R. Andrews (3), T. Buhagiar (3), G. Schultz (3), G. Hawker (2), P. Bennett, S. Carey, N. Daniher, S. Madden, M. Neagle, S. Taubert, T. Watson
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1981 VFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 13 June 1981
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Arden Street Oval
Attendance:
22,526
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def. by
Essendon
Score:
13.12.90 - 18.29.137
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 7 | . | 5 | 7 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 10 | 13 | . | 12 | 13 | . | 12 | (90) |
| Essendon | 4 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 13 | 10 | . | 20 | 18 | . | 29 | 18 | . | 29 | (137) |
| Margin | NMLB by 19 | ESSE by 5 | NMLB by 2 | ESSE by 47 | ESSE by 47 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Malcolm Blight
(North Melbourne),
Kevin Sheedy
(Essendon)
Captains:
unknown
(North Melbourne),
Simon Madden
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Morgan,
I. Robinson
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Demetriou, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Dench, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Dugdale, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Hodgeman, Kym | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Jonas, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Law, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | McGuire, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Ramsay, Roy | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Reeves, Michael | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Spencer, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | Wilson, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 32 | Wright, Rodney | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 13 | 12 | 257 | 185 | 72 | 46 | 53 | 30 | 36 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 38 | Bennett, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Buhagiar, Tony | ? | ? | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | Burdett, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Carey, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Clarke, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Daniher, Neale | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Daniher, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Foulds, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Fowler, Grant | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Hawker, Glenn | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 44 | Madden, Justin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Neagle, Merv | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Schultz, Graeme | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Shaw, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Stoneham, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Taubert, Steven | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Watson, Tim | ? | ? | 1 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 29 | 289 | 198 | 91 | 42 | 32 | 36 | 30 | |||