1981 VFL 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 17 of the 1981 VFL season. 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
B. Berry, J. Berry, C. Burton, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, R. Gallagher, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, J. McAllester, B. Reid, K. Sait, C. Seery, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten, T. Wight

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), M. Blight, J. Byrne, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, S. Easton, R. Glendinning, D. Henderson, R. Henshaw, K. Hodgeman, J. Holt, A. Jarrott, P. Kelly, S. McCann, M. Reeves, D. Schimmelbusch, P. Smith, P. Spencer, X. Tanner, B. Wilson

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

Goalkickers
Footscray: C. Burton (4), K. Sait (4), K. Templeton (3), T. Whitten (2), N. Cordy, J. Edmond, M. Egan, R. Gallagher, I. Hampshire
North Melbourne: M. Blight (11), J. Byrne (2), S. McCann (2), J. Holt, D. Schimmelbusch, W. Schimmelbusch, P. Spencer

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 11th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Barry Cable (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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