1982 VFL Season Elimination Final: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1982 between Essendon and North Melbourne in the elimination final of the 1982 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Barry Cable.

Essendon (16.19.115) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.14.128).

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 September 1982
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 50,537

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 16.19.115 - 19.14.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 4 . 10 10 . 15 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
North Melbourne 6 . 3 8 . 7 14 . 10 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Margin NMLB by 30 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: Barry Cable

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 3 0 2 4
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 7 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 2 0 0 1
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 4 2 17 10 7 11 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 3 11 7 4 3 1 3 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 4 0 19 12 7 8 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 1 0 1 2
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 3 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 2 0 4 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 1
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 12 2 5
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 9 4 5 3 19 1 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 3 2 2
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 3
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 1 4 21 19 2 1 0 1 1
14 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 0 0 1 2
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 2 22 18 4 5 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 19 312 224 88 58 35 37 34

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 3 0 1 3
36 Atkins, Graeme ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 1 0 0 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 3 15 13 2 5 0 2 3
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 2
22 Carman, Phil ? ? 3 1 11 6 5 2 0 1 4
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 5 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 10 22 3 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 0 3 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 1 0 3 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 1
37 Holt, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
14 Kelly, Phil ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 5 0 2 5
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 3 14 9 5 1 0 1 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 4 0 15 8 7 2 0 3 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 4 1 2
43 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 3 20 15 5 2 0 2 5
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 14 281 192 89 59 26 34 37

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