1978 Games · 1978 Player Statistics

North Melbourne 85 – 82 Essendon

← · 1978 · Round 10 · 03/06/1978 2:10 · Arden St · Crowd 28274 · →

North Melbourne 7.4.468.5.5313.6.8413.7.85
Essendon 2.1.135.6.367.7.4912.10.82
Qrt margin NM by 33NM by 17NM by 35NM by 3
Qrt scores NM 46-13ES 23-7NM 31-13ES 33-1
Field umpires John Sutcliffe (138), Graeme Fellows (38)

North Melbourne Match Statistics (85) — Coach: Ron Barassi

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
15 Malcolm Blight 20 6 3 23 4 2 2 4 5
49 Robert Briedis 1 1 2 3 1
45 Brendan Burnett 7 4 4 11 2
11 John Burns 10 2 4 14 4 4
3 John Cassin 6 4 6 12 1 1 5
13 Gary Cowton 9 2 7 16 1 3 5
14 Craig Davis 5 2 1 6 3
4 Ross Glendinning 13 6 5 18 5 1 2
27 Keith Greig 13 3 4 17 1 4
34 Ross Henshaw 10 3 5 15 4 3
10 Ray Huppatz 10 3 9 19 1 1 2 5
36 Steven Icke 12 2 7 19 1 2 1
47 Alan Jarrott 11 3 8 19 1 1 2
1 Peter Keenan 2 1 2 5 1
16 Stephen McCann 11 4 11 1 16 3 1
17 Graeme Melrose 14 6 7 21 1 2 4
20 Wayne Schimmelbusch 21 7 2 23 1 5 5
46 Doug Smith 10 7 4 14 4 2 4
5 Darryl Sutton 6 2 6 2
25 Xavier Tanner 11 3 1 12 1 1 1
Totals 2027179281137294352
Opposition 2095964273129395243

Essendon Match Statistics (82) — Coach: Barry Davis

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
4 Ron Andrews 11 4 3 14 2
38 Peter Bennett 20 4 3 23 1 3 6
30 Neil Besanko 4 3 7 1 1
7 Geoff Burdett 9 2 5 14 3 1 1 2
20 Terry Cahill 21 2 7 28 10
31 Max Crow 13 7 1 14 1 7 2 5
5 Terry Daniher 13 5 3 16 3 1 6 4
29 Allan Davis 14 2 2 16 1 2 4 5
21 Ken Fletcher 16 4 4 20 3 2
10 Garry Foulds 10 2 2 12 3 1
9 Shane Heard 10 1 5 15 1 3
27 Simon Madden 7 6 4 11 1 23 2
37 Ian Marsh 11 3 5 16 3 3
8 Jack Mihocek 3 3 1
42 Russell Muir 5 3 5 10 2 4
34 Merv Neagle 6 1 3 9 1 3
15 Wayne Primmer 10 2 3 13 2
16 Steven Taubert 6 4 2 8 5 2 1
18 Paul Vander Haar 14 7 3 17 3 2 4 3 2
32 Tim Watson 6 1 7 1 1 1
Totals 2095964273129395243
Opposition 2027179281137294352

North Melbourne Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) North Melbourne Games (W-D-L W%) North Melbourne Goals (Ave.)
15 Malcolm Blight 28y 107d 90 (62-0-28 68.89%) 126 (1.40) ← ←
49 Robert Briedis 21y 153d 6 (4-0-2 66.67%) ← ←
45 Brendan Burnett 20y 305d 6 (5-0-1 83.33%) ← ← final game
11 John Burns 28y 297d 83 (55-0-28 66.27%) 55 (0.66) ← ←
3 John Cassin 26y 336d 88 (50-0-38 56.82%) 86 (0.98) 37 (28-0-9 75.68%) 54 (1.46)
13 Gary Cowton 25y 155d 120 (69-1-50 57.92%) 34 (0.28) ← ←
14 Craig Davis 23y 244d 50 (30-0-20 60.00%) 86 (1.72) 8 (5-0-3 62.50%) 14 (1.75)
4 Ross Glendinning 21y 259d 10 (9-0-1 90.00%) 17 (1.70) ← ←
27 Keith Greig 26y 223d 153 (80-2-71 52.94%) 35 (0.23) ← ←
34 Ross Henshaw 25y 294d 104 (56-1-47 54.33%) 11 (0.11) ← ←
10 Ray Huppatz 29y 240d 71 (38-3-30 55.63%) 82 (1.15) 5 (4-0-1 80.00%) 8 (1.60)
36 Steven Icke 22y 88d 58 (42-0-16 72.41%) 21 (0.36) ← ←
47 Alan Jarrott 21y 290d 17 (14-0-3 82.35%) 8 (0.47) ← ←
1 Peter Keenan 27y 57d 145 (67-1-77 46.55%) 102 (0.70) 44 (32-0-12 72.73%) 16 (0.36)
16 Stephen McCann 20y 3d 14 (12-0-2 85.71%) 9 (0.64) ← ←
17 Graeme Melrose 29y 44d 75 (50-0-25 66.67%) 107 (1.43) ← ←
20 Wayne Schimmelbusch 25y 135d 133 (88-1-44 66.54%) 162 (1.22) ← ←
46 Doug Smith 20y 165d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) ← ← debut
5 Darryl Sutton 25y 311d 32 (23-1-8 73.44%) 23 (0.72) ← ←
25 Xavier Tanner 22y 32d 32 (24-0-8 75.00%) 14 (0.44) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 24y 242d 1288 (779-10-499 60.87%) 978 (0.76)
C Ron Barassi 42y 96d 283 (190-3-90 67.67%) 135 (90-2-43 67.41%)

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
4 Ron Andrews 23y 21d 83 (39-1-43 47.59%) 12 (0.14) ← ←
38 Peter Bennett 21y 207d 18 (10-0-8 55.56%) 6 (0.33) 5 (3-0-2 60.00%) 1 (0.20)
30 Neil Besanko 27y 36d 152 (80-2-70 53.29%) 4 (0.03) 3 (2-0-1 66.67%)
7 Geoff Burdett 21y 334d 20 (11-0-9 55.00%) 21 (1.05) ← ←
20 Terry Cahill 20y 34d 21 (9-0-12 42.86%) 18 (0.86) ← ←
31 Max Crow 22y 147d 56 (21-0-35 37.50%) 68 (1.21) ← ←
5 Terry Daniher 20y 292d 28 (16-1-11 58.93%) 42 (1.50) 9 (6-0-3 66.67%) 20 (2.22)
29 Allan Davis 29y 247d 224 (121-1-102 54.24%) 352 (1.57) 10 (6-0-4 60.00%) 8 (0.80)
21 Ken Fletcher 30y 133d 223 (102-5-116 46.86%) 52 (0.23) ← ←
10 Garry Foulds 22y 21d 64 (26-1-37 41.41%) 40 (0.63) ← ←
9 Shane Heard 19y 310d 19 (7-1-11 39.47%) 4 (0.21) ← ←
27 Simon Madden 20y 155d 75 (33-1-41 44.67%) 135 (1.80) ← ←
37 Ian Marsh 22y 223d 19 (7-0-12 36.84%) 2 (0.11) ← ←
8 Jack Mihocek 20y 286d 10 (4-0-6 40.00%) 8 (0.80) ← ←
42 Russell Muir 23y 326d 63 (30-2-31 49.21%) 6 (0.10) 23 (10-1-12 45.65%)
34 Merv Neagle 20y 88d 15 (7-0-8 46.67%) 4 (0.27) ← ←
15 Wayne Primmer 19y 145d 20 (9-1-10 47.50%) 38 (1.90) ← ←
16 Steven Taubert 24y 240d 35 (11-1-23 32.86%) 25 (0.71) 20 (5-1-14 27.50%) 11 (0.55)
18 Paul Vander Haar 20y 88d 23 (8-1-14 36.96%) 35 (1.52) ← ←
32 Tim Watson 16y 325d 26 (11-1-14 44.23%) 19 (0.73) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 22y 147d 1194 (562-19-613 47.86%) 891 (0.75)
C Barry Davis 34y 261d 10 (6-0-4 60.00%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.