1983 VFL Round 16: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1983 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round 16 of the 1983 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at Arden Street Oval. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Cable and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), B. Abernethy, A. Briedis, G. Cowton, A. Demetriou, G. Dempsey, D. Dench, T. Furey, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, K. Hodgeman, C. Holden, J. Holt, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, J. Law, S. McCann, D. McDonald, R. Ramsay, P. Smith

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), R. Andrews, T. Buhagiar, S. Carey, N. Clarke, S. Copping, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, M. Neagle, W. Otway, A. Stoneham, P. Vander Haar, K. Walsh, T. Watson, T. West, P. Weston

North Melbourne (19.14.128) defeated Essendon (16.11.107).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. McCann (4), A. Briedis (3), J. Holt (2), J. Krakouer (2), D. McDonald (2), W. Schimmelbusch (2), B. Abernethy, K. Greig, K. Hodgeman, P. Smith
Essendon: T. Buhagiar (5), T. Watson (3), S. Copping (2), G. Hawker (2), R. Andrews, G. Foulds, S. Heard, P. Vander Haar

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Essendon remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 July 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 22,345

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 19.14.128 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 3 11 . 4 16 . 8 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Essendon 4 . 4 5 . 5 7 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin NMLB by 5 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 54 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Barry Cable (North Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, D. Rich

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 2 0 2 3
1 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 1 3 1
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 2 0 4 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 34 3 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 0 0 4 1
21 Furey, Tony ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 8 0 1 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 0
17 Hodgeman, Kym ? ? 1 2 26 17 9 9 0 1 5
11 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 1
2 Holt, John ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 3 15 11 4 1 0 2 6
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 2
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 1 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 4 1 15 12 3 7 8 0 3
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 6 1 3 1
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 2 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 2 29 20 9 4 0 2 0
39 Smith, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 14 289 199 90 67 44 34 36

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 2
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 5 1 29 19 10 3 1 5 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 2 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 0
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 6 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 5 1 2 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 3 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 1 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 2 0 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 26 17 9 3 0 4 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 0 0 3 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 12 27 1 3
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 2
15 Otway, Wayne ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 2 0 2 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 9 5 0 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 2 3 4
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 0 28 18 10 3 0 2 1
29 West, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 11 314 207 107 67 37 36 34

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