1985 VFL Round 13: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1985 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round 13 of the 1985 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), D. Crocker, A. Demetriou, P. German, K. Greig, T. Harrington, J. Holt, P. Jonas, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Law, M. Lisle, S. McCann, D. McDonald, K. McGuire, M. Passmore, R. Ramsay, B. Ryan, R. Smith

Footscray
J. Edmond (capt.), L. Bamblett, S. Beasley, T. Buhagiar, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, A. Daniels, M. Ford, P. Foster, B. Hardie, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, S. MacPherson, P. Maylin, M. McLean, A. Purser, B. Royal, J. Sewell, Z. Tzatzaris, S. Wallis

North Melbourne (9.21.75) were defeated by Footscray (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. McCann (2), W. Schimmelbusch (2), D. Crocker, P. Jonas, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin
Footscray: S. Beasley (5), J. Edmond (3), B. Royal (2), T. Buhagiar

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Footscray were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 June 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 22,319

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 9.21.75 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 8 3 . 12 6 . 19 9 . 21 9 . 21 (75)
Footscray 4 . 3 8 . 8 9 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin FOOT by 7 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne), Jim Edmond (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Hardie FOOT 4 3
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 2
Keith Greig NMLB 27 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
49 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 3 0 2 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 1 33 23 10 10 0 2 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 1
23 Harrington, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 1 3 6
2 Holt, John ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 2 2
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 7 1 0 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 3 0 1 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 8 0 2 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 1 1 33 17 16 4 0 3 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 11 3 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 2 1 2 2
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 3 10 8 2 3 1 2 1
31 McGuire, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 1
30 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 0
40 Ryan, Brendan ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 1 3 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 2 24 16 8 1 0 4 3
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 1 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 9 21 303 211 92 71 17 37 28

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 3 0 3 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 1
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 3 0 3 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 0
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 0 2 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 3 1 14 13 1 7 0 0 2
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 4
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 3 0 0 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 10 0 1 1
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 1 4
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 17 1 6
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 3 25 22 3 9 0 3 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 4 1 2 3
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 6 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 288 225 63 81 18 28 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