1981 VFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1981 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round twenty of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Cable and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

North Melbourne (21.19.145) defeated Melbourne (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,749

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 21.19.145 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 4 10 . 11 16 . 15 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 6 12 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin MELB by 12 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 32 NMLB by 58 NMLB by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Barry Cable (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 1 26 18 8 5 0 1 3
48 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 2 12 6 6 4 21 2 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 0
44 Dugdale, Dean ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 6 0 2 2
46 Dugdale, Glenn ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 6 1 3
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 8 0 0 1
7 Good, Kerry ? ? 10 2 14 14 0 13 0 0 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 2 2
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 4 1 33 23 10 7 0 1 0
56 Holt, John ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 0 3 21 15 6 7 0 2 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 2 23 18 5 15 3 1 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 1 2
2 Spencer, Peter ? ? 2 2 24 14 10 3 0 2 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 32 13 19 6 0 0 2
28 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 29 17 12 6 1 2 3
32 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 19 360 232 128 94 31 23 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Braddy, Shane ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 2 0 0 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 4 1 31 12 19 2 2 1 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 22 8 14 4 0 3 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 36 17 19 5 2 1 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 1 2 1
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 1 1 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 8 0 3 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 5 1 0 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 2
54 Korn, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 0 5 0
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 2 0 1 2
47 O'Dwyer, Des ? ? 0 1 18 6 12 3 0 2 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 9 12 2 1
50 Todd, Ian ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 3 0 1
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 2 0 0 2
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 4 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 9 346 189 157 65 22 28 23

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