1979 Games · 1979 Player Statistics

North Melbourne 129 – 109 Essendon

← · 1979 · Round 1 · 07/04/1979 2:10 · Arden St · Crowd 22633 · →

North Melbourne 4.8.328.14.6214.20.10417.27.129
Essendon 5.3.338.9.5712.10.8216.13.109
Qrt margin ES by 1NM by 5NM by 22NM by 20
Qrt scores ES 33-32NM 30-24NM 42-25ES 27-25
Field umpires Rowan Sawers (27), John Sutcliffe (152)

North Melbourne Match Statistics (129) — 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
2 Stan Alves 14 5 5 19 2 1 2 4
15 Malcolm Blight 12 7 4 16 7 4 1 4
6 Arnold Briedis 11 5 11 22 3 3 2 5
9 Kevin Bryant 18 11 6 24 2 1
21 John Byrne 13 3 12 25 1 2 4
3 John Cassin 5 2 5 10 2 1 5
11 Graham Cornes 9 6 6 15 2 4 1 2
24 Gary Dempsey 7 9 10 17 2 15 3 2
23 David Dench 14 2 3 17 1 3
7 Russell Ebert 11 3 6 17 1 1 2 2
4 Ross Glendinning 14 4 7 21 2 3
27 Keith Greig 15 2 4 19 4
13 John Law 12 1 2 14 1 2
16 Stephen McCann 13 6 4 17 2 2 11 1 4
17 Graeme Melrose 23 4 8 31 1 5 3 2
33 Glenn Payne 5 2 3 8 1 1
38 Roy Ramsay 13 6 8 21 1 2
20 Wayne Schimmelbusch 4 1 8 12 2
19 Doug Smith 8 2 2 10 1 3
5 Darryl Sutton 5 1 2 7 1 1
Totals 226821163421726293150
Opposition 21659893051612235031

Essendon Match Statistics (109) — 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
38 Peter Bennett 20 5 3 23 1 3 2
30 Neil Besanko 6 3 7 13 3
17 Colin Boyd 16 2 2 18 7 1
31 Max Crow 17 9 7 24 3 2 4 4 3
6 Neale Daniher 4 1 6 10 1 1
5 Terry Daniher 11 4 4 15 5 2
29 Allan Davis 18 2 18 1 1 5 2
3 Barry Day 12 6 5 17 1 2 1
21 Ken Fletcher 12 1 3 15 1
10 Garry Foulds 19 4 4 23 2 3 2
27 Simon Madden 9 6 9 18 2 14 3 1
37 Ian Marsh 13 1 8 21 2 6
25 Roger Merrett 1 1 2 2 1
34 Merv Neagle 2 1 3 5 1
15 Wayne Primmer 7 2 6 13 1 3 1
2 Alan Reid 13 3 5 18 2 3
36 Denis Scanlon 13 4 5 18 1 2
26 Robert Shaw 5 2 7 4
18 Paul Vander Haar 7 5 5 12 4 2 3 1 1
32 Tim Watson 11 4 15 1 2 5 1
Totals 21659893051612235031
Opposition 226821163421726293150

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.)
2 Stan Alves 32y 320d 249 (97-0-152 38.96%) 165 (0.66) 23 (17-0-6 73.91%) 5 (0.22)
15 Malcolm Blight 29y 50d 105 (71-0-34 67.62%) 174 (1.66) ← ←
6 Arnold Briedis 23y 230d 101 (65-0-36 64.36%) 169 (1.67) ← ←
9 Kevin Bryant 24y 89d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) ← ← debut
21 John Byrne 23y 42d 66 (46-0-20 69.70%) 36 (0.55) ← ←
3 John Cassin 27y 279d 95 (53-0-42 55.79%) 89 (0.94) 44 (31-0-13 70.45%) 57 (1.30)
11 Graham Cornes 31y 7d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) 2 (2.00) ← ← debut
24 Gary Dempsey 30y 136d 208 (92-3-113 44.95%) 105 (0.50) 1 (1-0-0 100.00%)
23 David Dench 27y 227d 188 (94-2-92 50.53%) 21 (0.11) ← ←
7 Russell Ebert 29y 289d 1 (1-0-0 100.00%) 1 (1.00) ← ← debut
4 Ross Glendinning 22y 202d 25 (17-0-8 68.00%) 21 (0.84) ← ←
27 Keith Greig 27y 166d 168 (88-2-78 52.98%) 36 (0.21) ← ←
13 John Law 20y 89d 3 (1-0-2 33.33%) ← ←
16 Stephen McCann 20y 311d 28 (20-0-8 71.43%) 18 (0.64) ← ←
17 Graeme Melrose 29y 352d 90 (59-0-31 65.56%) 121 (1.34) ← ←
33 Glenn Payne 20y 195d 3 (1-0-2 33.33%) ← ←
38 Roy Ramsay 23y 94d 28 (21-0-7 75.00%) ← ←
20 Wayne Schimmelbusch 26y 78d 149 (97-1-51 65.44%) 179 (1.20) ← ←
19 Doug Smith 21y 108d 8 (6-0-2 75.00%) 4 (0.50) ← ←
5 Darryl Sutton 26y 254d 47 (31-1-15 67.02%) 30 (0.64) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 25y 340d 1564 (862-9-693 55.40%) 1171 (0.75)
C Ron Barassi 43y 39d 299 (199-3-97 67.06%) 151 (99-2-50 66.23%)

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
38 Peter Bennett 22y 150d 29 (11-0-18 37.93%) 10 (0.34) 16 (4-0-12 25.00%) 5 (0.31)
30 Neil Besanko 27y 344d 165 (82-2-81 50.30%) 4 (0.02) 16 (4-0-12 25.00%)
17 Colin Boyd 24y 254d 41 (13-2-26 34.15%) 31 (11-1-19 37.10%)
31 Max Crow 23y 90d 70 (23-0-47 32.86%) 85 (1.21) ← ←
6 Neale Daniher 18y 51d 2 (0-0-2 0.00%) ← ←
5 Terry Daniher 21y 235d 41 (18-1-22 45.12%) 75 (1.83) 22 (8-0-14 36.36%) 53 (2.41)
29 Allan Davis 30y 190d 234 (122-1-111 52.35%) 360 (1.54) 20 (7-0-13 35.00%) 16 (0.80)
3 Barry Day 25y 39d 2 (0-0-2 0.00%) ← ←
21 Ken Fletcher 31y 76d 236 (104-5-127 45.13%) 52 (0.22) ← ←
10 Garry Foulds 22y 329d 78 (28-1-49 36.54%) 42 (0.54) ← ←
27 Simon Madden 21y 98d 89 (35-1-53 39.89%) 158 (1.78) ← ←
37 Ian Marsh 23y 166d 29 (8-0-21 27.59%) 4 (0.14) ← ←
25 Roger Merrett 18y 353d 3 (1-0-2 33.33%) ← ←
34 Merv Neagle 21y 31d 23 (9-0-14 39.13%) 6 (0.26) ← ←
15 Wayne Primmer 20y 88d 32 (10-1-21 32.81%) 61 (1.91) ← ←
2 Alan Reid 23y 68d 2 (0-0-2 0.00%) ← ←
36 Denis Scanlon 25y 2d 45 (13-1-31 30.00%) 5 (0.11) ← ←
26 Robert Shaw 24y 91d 25 (8-0-17 32.00%) 3 (0.12) ← ←
18 Paul Vander Haar 21y 31d 37 (10-1-26 28.38%) 56 (1.51) ← ←
32 Tim Watson 17y 268d 37 (13-1-23 36.49%) 28 (0.76) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 23y 74d 1220 (508-17-695 42.34%) 949 (0.78)
C Barry Davis 35y 204d 24 (8-0-16 33.33%) ←

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.