1981 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1981 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Garry Wilson captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Fitzroy (18.13.121) defeated North Melbourne (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 17,713

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.13.121 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 7 10 . 8 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
North Melbourne 2 . 2 2 . 6 6 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin FITZ by 6 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 34 FITZ by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 18 2 2
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 3 0 1 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 1
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 0 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 3 4 1
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 5 0 2 2
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 4 5 1 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 6 0 2 0
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 2 2
27 Parish, Les ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 1 0 2 0
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 3 2 20 15 5 4 0 0 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 0 34 26 8 12 0 4 2
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 0 4 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 3 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 3
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 3
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 3 1 38 25 13 10 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 13 332 230 102 81 30 36 36

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 2 15 11 4 4 0 2 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 3 0 3 5
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 1 33 21 12 2 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 31 1 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 0 0 3 1
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 1 5 1 4 2 6 0 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 5 1 3 3
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 4 0 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 3 1
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 6 0 2 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 3 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 2 2
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 0 2 21 11 10 3 0 2 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 25 21 4 6 0 4 2
19 Smith, Doug ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 1
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 1 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 3 1
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 4 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 337 215 122 62 41 36 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