1981 VFL Round 15: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1981 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 15 of the 1981 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at Arden Street Oval. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Byrne, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, D. Dugdale, G. Dugdale, R. Glendinning, K. Good, D. Henderson, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, S. McCann, K. Montgomery, D. Schimmelbusch, D. Smith, X. Tanner, B. Wilson, R. Wright

Hawthorn
Back: P. Russo, K. Moore, M. Moncrieff
Half-back: R. DiPierdomenico, C. Mew, R. Eade
Centre: G. Howard, T. Wallace, G. Ablett
Half-forward: M. Turner, M. Tuck, C. Robertson
Forward: R. Davies, L. Matthews (capt.), P. Murnane
Follower: D. Scott, R. Greene, N. Goss
Int.: A. Goad, I. Paton

North Melbourne (7.13.55) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.19.115).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Blight (3), J. Byrne (3), D. Schimmelbusch
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (6), M. Tuck (3), A. Goad (2), C. Robertson (2), R. Eade, R. Greene, I. Paton

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 4 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,160

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 7.13.55 - 16.19.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 6 4 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Hawthorn 3 . 5 10 . 10 13 . 14 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Margin NMLB by 7 HWTH by 37 HWTH by 40 HWTH by 60 HWTH by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (North Melbourne), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Dargavel, J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 2 14 10 4 3 0 0 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 3 20 17 3 2 0 1 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 3 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 5
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 4 35 2 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 5 0
44 Dugdale, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 0
46 Dugdale, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 8 2 2
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 4 4 2 1
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 4 2
26 Henderson, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 0 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 2 1 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 0
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 1 1 26 14 12 3 0 2 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 0 2 1
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 1 1 2
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 0
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 3 0 5 1
32 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 13 277 197 80 47 50 36 25

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 5 18 13 5 2 0 1 5
11 Davies, Rick FPL ? 0 1 11 5 6 1 13 0 5
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 0 1
26 Eade, Rodney HBFR ? 1 1 22 18 4 5 0 1 2
19 Goad, Alan INT ? 2 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 1
1 Goss, Norm RO ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 1 1 27 14 13 3 0 1 3
48 Howard, Glenn WL ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FF ? 6 2 27 22 5 7 0 1 1
46 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 1 0 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael BPR ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 1 5 0
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 1 0 0
22 Murnane, Peter FPR ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 2
12 Paton, Ian INT ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 19 3 2
32 Robertson, Colin HFFR ? 2 1 16 13 3 0 0 1 3
4 Russo, Peter BPL ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 0
23 Scott, Don RU ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2
17 Tuck, Michael CHF ? 3 0 22 19 3 5 3 2 1
44 Turner, Mark HFFL ? 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 1 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 24 20 4 1 2 3 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 16 19 320 230 90 54 43 25 36

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

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: Malcolm Blight
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 P. Russo 15 K. Moore 6 M. Moncrieff













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 R. DiPierdomenico 46 C. Mew 26 R. Eade













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



48 G. Howard 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott 19 A. Goad
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Greene 12 I. Paton
44 M. Turner 17 M. Tuck 32 C. Robertson 1 N. Goss











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 R. Davies 3 L. Matthews (c) 22 P. Murnane













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans