1981 VFL Round 18: North Melbourne v St Kilda
This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1981 between North Melbourne and St Kilda during round 18 of the 1981 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Arden Street Oval.
Bruce Duperouzel captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Barry Cable and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.
North Melbourne
M. Blight, K. Bryant, J. Byrne, A. Demetriou, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, D. Dugdale, G. Dugdale, R. Glendinning, D. Henderson, R. Henshaw, K. Hodgeman, J. Holt, J. Law, S. McCann, M. Reeves, P. Smith, P. Spencer, X. Tanner, R. Wright
St Kilda
B. Duperouzel (capt.), T. Barker, P. Brown, G. Burns, D. Cox, J. Dunne, R. Elphinstone, M. Faletic, J. Fehring, G. Fidler, C. Gorozidis, D. Hewitt, M. Kellett, G. Middlemiss, B. Mildenhall, M. Roberts, J. Sarau, M. Scott, A. Smedts, G. Thomas
North Melbourne (16.21.117) defeated St Kilda (12.13.85).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Blight (8), J. Holt (2), J. Byrne, A. Demetriou, D. Dugdale, S. McCann, P. Spencer, R. Wright
St Kilda: C. Gorozidis (6), M. Faletic (2), T. Barker, R. Elphinstone, D. Hewitt, B. Mildenhall
As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1981 VFL Season
Round:
Round 18
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
St Kilda
Date:
Saturday 1 August 1981
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Arden Street Oval
Attendance:
11,517
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
St Kilda
Score:
16.21.117 - 12.13.85
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 9 | . | 8 | 11 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 18 | 16 | . | 21 | 16 | . | 21 | (117) |
| St Kilda | 2 | . | 0 | 5 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 13 | 12 | . | 13 | (85) |
| Margin | NMLB by 50 | NMLB by 42 | NMLB by 57 | NMLB by 32 | NMLB by 32 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Barry Cable
(North Melbourne),
Alex Jesaulenko
(St Kilda)
Captains:
unknown
(North Melbourne),
Bruce Duperouzel
(St Kilda)
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 8 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Bryant, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Byrne, John | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 48 | Demetriou, Andrew | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 9 | 3 |
| 23 | Dench, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Dugdale, Dean | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | Dugdale, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Henderson, Darryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Hodgeman, Kym | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 | Holt, John | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Law, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | McCann, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 30 | Reeves, Michael | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Smith, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Spencer, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Tanner, Xavier | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Wright, Rodney | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 21 | 323 | 218 | 105 | 73 | 49 | 30 | 36 | |||
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barker, Trevor | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Brown, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Burns, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | Cox, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Dunne, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Duperouzel, Bruce (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Elphinstone, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Faletic, Milan | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Fehring, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Fidler, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Gorozidis, Con | ? | ? | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Hewitt, Darryl | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Kellett, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Middlemiss, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Mildenhall, Bill | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Roberts, Michael | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 31 | Sarau, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | Scott, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Smedts, Alby | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Thomas, Grant | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 13 | 292 | 207 | 85 | 42 | 22 | 36 | 30 | |||