1981 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1981 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Barry Cable.

Footscray (18.8.116) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,755

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 18.8.116 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 9 . 2 10 . 6 13 . 8 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
North Melbourne 2 . 4 8 . 6 12 . 8 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin FOOT by 40 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 6 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Barry Cable (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 10 0 0
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 8 2
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 4 1 34 28 6 6 0 7 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 1
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 1 16 6 10 3 0 5 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 31 22 9 7 0 2 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 8 0 2 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 1 4 1
41 Gallagher, Ross ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 3 11 9 8 2 7
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 3 4
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 5 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 2 2
52 Sait, Kevin ? ? 4 1 18 12 6 1 0 1 0
47 Seery, Colin ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 8 0 1 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 1 14 12 2 8 2 1 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 4 0
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 1 0 1 3
24 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 8 345 236 109 74 21 53 30

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 11 6 23 19 4 12 0 1 5
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 3 0 3 7
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 10 39 3 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 3 0 0 1
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 3 1 2 5
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 3
26 Henderson, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 2 2
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 4 0 1 3
56 Holt, John ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 6 0 0 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 1
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 0 21 10 11 10 5 2 4
30 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
11 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 2
39 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 2 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 4 0 4 1
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 4 0 3 7
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 11 332 213 119 87 45 30 53

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