1978 Games · 1978 Player Statistics

North Melbourne 122 – 76 Geelong

← · 1978 · Round 17 · 29/07/1978 2:10 · Arden St · Crowd 15775 · →

North Melbourne 4.7.318.8.5617.12.11418.14.122
Geelong 2.2.146.9.458.10.5810.16.76
Qrt margin NM by 17NM by 11NM by 56NM by 46
Qrt scores NM 31-14GE 31-25NM 58-13GE 18-8
Field umpires Neville Nash (74), John Morgan (34)

North Melbourne Match Statistics (122) — 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
29 Phil Baker 7 4 1 8 2 1 2 1
15 Malcolm Blight 19 7 1 20 4 3 4
44 Maurice Boyse 12 4 5 17 3 2
6 Arnold Briedis 14 7 6 20 2 2 1 4 1
11 John Burns 15 3 9 24 1 1 2 6
8 Brent Crosswell 7 6 6 13 2 1
55 Stephen Easton 5 3 1 6 1 3 1 2
4 Ross Glendinning 12 9 5 17 3 1 2 2
18 Kerry Good 12 7 4 16 1 2 2
27 Keith Greig 19 8 4 23 2
34 Ross Henshaw 10 7 6 16 1 2
36 Steven Icke 20 7 6 26 2 1 3 1 1
47 Alan Jarrott 4 3 14 18 1 1
17 Graeme Melrose 20 4 9 29 3 2
24 John Moylan 1 3 3 2
35 Bill Nettlefold 11 1 2 13 1 6
22 Mick Nolan 11 4 6 17 1 23 2 5
38 Roy Ramsay 11 2 7 18 5
20 Wayne Schimmelbusch 9 2 4 13 1 3 1
5 Darryl Sutton 12 7 4 16 1 2 1
Totals 230961033331811333740
Opposition 20363902931013254037

Geelong Match Statistics (76) — Coach: Rod Olsson

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
16 Rod Blake 7 1 7 6 4
12 Mark Browne 11 5 7 18 1 2
20 Ray Card 5 3 4 9 1
15 Jeff Cassidy 13 4 2 15 1 1 2 2
14 David Clarke 18 5 8 26 2 2 1 2
23 Larry Donohue 5 4 5 2 1 1
26 Jack Hawkins 8 4 9 17 3
39 Kevin Higgins 7 3 3 10 1 2 6
5 Gary Malarkey 8 3 5 13 2 1
6 David Manson 2 1 6 8 13 4 2
33 Bruce Nankervis 18 1 9 27 4
40 Ian Nankervis 11 1 11 22 6 2
35 Robert Neal 17 3 2 19 1 2
3 Ken Newland 3 2 4 7 1 1
17 Sam Newman 12 10 5 17 2 1 5 3 4
28 Andy Preston 7 1 6 13 1 3
13 Paul Sarah 21 5 3 24 1 3 1 1
8 Kevin Sheehan 10 1 4 14 3 4 4
9 Michael Turner 15 4 15 1 1 2 1
11 Alan Woodman 5 2 2 7 1 1
Totals 20363902931013254037
Opposition 230961033331811333740

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.)
29 Phil Baker 26y 129d 97 (46-1-50 47.94%) 116 (1.20) 88 (44-1-43 50.57%) 107 (1.22)
15 Malcolm Blight 28y 163d 96 (65-0-31 67.71%) 148 (1.54) ← ←
44 Maurice Boyse 23y 26d 20 (9-0-11 45.00%) 8 (0.40) 11 (6-0-5 54.55%) 7 (0.64)
6 Arnold Briedis 22y 343d 92 (59-0-33 64.13%) 148 (1.61) ← ←
11 John Burns 28y 353d 89 (58-0-31 65.17%) 61 (0.69) ← ←
8 Brent Crosswell 27y 355d 159 (108-1-50 68.24%) 185 (1.16) 61 (41-0-20 67.21%) 93 (1.52)
55 Stephen Easton 18y 351d 3 (1-0-2 33.33%) 4 (1.33) ← ←
4 Ross Glendinning 21y 315d 16 (11-0-5 68.75%) 21 (1.31) ← ←
18 Kerry Good 19y 261d 9 (7-0-2 77.78%) 8 (0.89) ← ←
27 Keith Greig 26y 279d 160 (83-2-75 52.50%) 36 (0.23) ← ←
34 Ross Henshaw 25y 350d 111 (59-1-51 53.60%) 11 (0.10) ← ←
36 Steven Icke 22y 144d 65 (45-0-20 69.23%) 23 (0.35) ← ←
47 Alan Jarrott 21y 346d 23 (17-0-6 73.91%) 10 (0.43) ← ←
17 Graeme Melrose 29y 100d 81 (53-0-28 65.43%) 111 (1.37) ← ←
24 John Moylan 25y 199d 29 (23-0-6 79.31%) 1 (0.03) ← ←
35 Bill Nettlefold 25y 96d 47 (36-0-11 76.60%) 17 (0.36) 32 (24-0-8 75.00%) 11 (0.34)
22 Mick Nolan 28y 262d 92 (66-1-25 72.28%) 39 (0.42) ← ←
38 Roy Ramsay 22y 207d 21 (16-0-5 76.19%) ← ←
20 Wayne Schimmelbusch 25y 191d 140 (91-1-48 65.36%) 169 (1.21) ← ←
5 Darryl Sutton 26y 2d 39 (26-1-12 67.95%) 30 (0.77) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 24y 333d 1389 (879-8-502 63.57%) 1146 (0.83)
C Ron Barassi 42y 152d 290 (193-3-94 67.07%) 142 (93-2-47 66.20%)

Geelong Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Geelong Games (W-D-L W%) Geelong Goals (Ave.)
16 Rod Blake 26y 44d 93 (38-0-55 40.86%) 34 (0.37) ← ←
12 Mark Browne 23y 252d 87 (37-0-50 42.53%) 60 (0.69) ← ← final game
20 Ray Card 21y 116d 19 (9-0-10 47.37%) ← ←
15 Jeff Cassidy 21y 305d 33 (16-0-17 48.48%) 16 (0.48) ← ←
14 David Clarke 25y 210d 137 (54-0-83 39.42%) 188 (1.37) ← ←
23 Larry Donohue 23y 98d 84 (36-0-48 42.86%) 277 (3.30) ← ←
26 Jack Hawkins 24y 69d 119 (47-0-72 39.50%) 18 (0.15) ← ←
39 Kevin Higgins 27y 159d 128 (54-0-74 42.19%) 35 (0.27) ← ←
5 Gary Malarkey 25y 67d 36 (15-0-21 41.67%) ← ←
6 David Manson 27y 168d 35 (19-0-16 54.29%) 13 (0.37) ← ←
33 Bruce Nankervis 27y 349d 135 (56-0-79 41.48%) 33 (0.24) ← ←
40 Ian Nankervis 30y 207d 221 (101-1-119 45.93%) 197 (0.89) ← ←
35 Robert Neal 21y 225d 86 (39-0-47 45.35%) 14 (0.16) ← ←
3 Ken Newland 29y 86d 214 (109-2-103 51.40%) 248 (1.16) 196 (100-1-95 51.28%) 236 (1.20)
17 Sam Newman 32y 219d 259 (138-2-119 53.67%) 77 (0.30) ← ←
28 Andy Preston 20y 347d 18 (7-0-11 38.89%) 6 (0.33) ← ←
13 Paul Sarah 24y 222d 114 (49-0-65 42.98%) 167 (1.46) ← ←
8 Kevin Sheehan 24y 362d 75 (28-0-47 37.33%) 84 (1.12) ← ←
9 Michael Turner 23y 235d 79 (35-0-44 44.30%) 38 (0.48) ← ←
11 Alan Woodman 23y 52d 49 (18-0-31 36.73%) 1 (0.02) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 25y 99d 2021 (905-5-1111 44.90%) 1506 (0.75)
C Rod Olsson 36y 97d 63 (29-0-34 46.03%) ←

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.