1981 VFL Season 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 twelve of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (13.12.90) were defeated by Essendon (18.29.137).

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

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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