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Round: 1 Venue: Arden St Date: Sat, 7-Apr-1979 2:10 PM Attendance: 22633
North Melbourne4.8.328.14.6214.20.10417.27.129
Essendon5.3.338.9.5712.10.8216.13.109
Qrt marginES by 1NM by 5NM by 22NM by 20
Qrt scoresES 33-32NM 30-24NM 42-25ES 27-25
Field umpiresRowan Sawers (27), John Sutcliffe (152)


[North Melbourne Player Details][Essendon Player Details]

 Abbreviations key #=Jumper
GM=Games played
KI=Kicks
MK=Marks
HB=Handballs
DI=Disposals
DA=Disposal average
GL=Goals
BH=Behinds
HO=Hit outs
TK=Tackles
RB=Rebound 50s
IF=Inside 50s
CL=Clearances
CG=Clangers
FF=Free kicks for
FA=Free kicks against
BR=Brownlow votes
CP=Contested possessions
UP=Uncontested possessions
CM=Contested marks
MI=Marks inside 50
1%=One percenters
BO=Bounces
GA=Goal assist
%P=Percentage of game played
SU=Sub (On/Off)
↑=subbed on
↓=subbed off
North Melbourne Match Statistics [Season][Game by Game]
#PlayerKIMKHBDIGLBHHOTKRBIFCLCGFFFABRCPUPCMMI1%BOGA%P
2 Alves, Stan145519 21     24         
15 Blight, Malcolm12741674      14         
6 Briedis, Arnold115112233      25         
9 Bryant, Kevin1811624        21         
21 Byrne, John133122512       4         
3 Cassin, John52510 2      15         
11 Cornes, Graham96615241      2         
24 Dempsey, Gary791017 215     32         
23 Dench, David142317        13         
7 Ebert, Russell1136171 1     22         
4 Glendinning, Ross144721        23         
27 Greig, Keith152419        4          
13 Law, John121214        12         
16 McCann, Stephen1364172211     14         
17 Melrose, Graeme23483115      32         
33 Payne, Glenn5238        11         
38 Ramsay, Roy136821        12         
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne41812        2          
19 Smith, Doug82210        13         
5 Sutton, Darryl5127        11         
Rushed1 
Totals22682116342172729     3150         
Opposition2165989305161323     5031         

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 Abbreviations key #=Jumper
GM=Games played
KI=Kicks
MK=Marks
HB=Handballs
DI=Disposals
DA=Disposal average
GL=Goals
BH=Behinds
HO=Hit outs
TK=Tackles
RB=Rebound 50s
IF=Inside 50s
CL=Clearances
CG=Clangers
FF=Free kicks for
FA=Free kicks against
BR=Brownlow votes
CP=Contested possessions
UP=Uncontested possessions
CM=Contested marks
MI=Marks inside 50
1%=One percenters
BO=Bounces
GA=Goal assist
%P=Percentage of game played
SU=Sub (On/Off)
↑=subbed on
↓=subbed off
Essendon Match Statistics [Season][Game by Game]
#PlayerKIMKHBDIGLBHHOTKRBIFCLCGFFFABRCPUPCMMI1%BOGA%P
38 Bennett, Peter205323 1      32         
30 Besanko, Neil63713         3         
17 Boyd, Colin162218        71         
31 Crow, Max179724324     43         
6 Daniher, Neale41610        11         
5 Daniher, Terry1144155       2          
29 Davis, Allan182 1811      52         
3 Day, Barry126517 1      21         
21 Fletcher, Ken121315        1          
10 Foulds, Garry1944232       32         
27 Madden, Simon96918 214     31         
37 Marsh, Ian131821        26         
25 Merrett, Roger1 12  2     1          
34 Neagle, Merv2135         1         
15 Primmer, Wayne72613 1      31         
2 Reid, Alan133518        23         
36 Scanlon, Denis134518        12         
26 Shaw, Robert5 27        4          
18 Vander Haar, Paul75512423     11         
32 Watson, Tim11 41512      51         
Rushed1 
Totals2165989305161323     5031         
Opposition22682116342172729     3150         

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North Melbourne Player Details
#PlayerAgeCareer Games (W-D-L W%)Career Goals (Ave.)North Melbourne Games (W-D-L W%)North Melbourne Goals (Ave.)
2Alves, Stan32y 320d249 (96-1-152 38.76%)165 (0.66)23 (16-1-6 71.74%)5 (0.22)
15Blight, Malcolm29y 50d105 (70-1-34 67.14%)174 (1.66) 
6Briedis, Arnold23y 230d101 (64-1-36 63.86%)169 (1.67) 
9Bryant, Kevin24y 89d1 (1-0-0 100.00%)  
21Byrne, John23y 42d66 (45-1-20 68.94%)36 (0.55) 
3Cassin, John27y 279d95 (52-1-42 55.26%)89 (0.94)44 (30-1-13 69.32%)57 (1.30)
11Cornes, Graham31y 7d1 (1-0-0 100.00%)2 (2.00) 
24Dempsey, Gary30y 136d208 (92-3-113 44.95%)105 (0.50)1 (1-0-0 100.00%) 
23Dench, David27y 227d188 (93-3-92 50.27%)21 (0.11) 
7Ebert, Russell29y 289d1 (1-0-0 100.00%)1 (1.00) 
4Glendinning, Ross22y 202d25 (17-0-8 68.00%)21 (0.84) 
27Greig, Keith27y 166d168 (88-2-78 52.98%)36 (0.21) 
13Law, John20y 89d3 (1-0-2 33.33%)  
16McCann, Stephen20y 311d28 (19-1-8 69.64%)18 (0.64) 
17Melrose, Graeme29y 352d90 (59-0-31 65.56%)121 (1.34) 
33Payne, Glenn20y 195d3 (1-0-2 33.33%)  
38Ramsay, Roy23y 94d28 (21-0-7 75.00%)  
20Schimmelbusch, Wayne26y 78d149 (96-2-51 65.10%)179 (1.20) 
19Smith, Doug21y 108d8 (6-0-2 75.00%)4 (0.50) 
5Sutton, Darryl26y 254d47 (30-2-15 65.96%)30 (0.64) 
Totals25y 340d1564 (853-18-693 54.54%)1171 (0.75)  
CBarassi, Ron43y 39d299 (199-3-97 67.06%) 151 (99-2-50 66.23%) 

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Essendon Player Details
#PlayerAgeCareer Games (W-D-L W%)Career Goals (Ave.)Essendon Games (W-D-L W%)Essendon Goals (Ave.)
38Bennett, Peter22y 150d29 (11-0-18 37.93%)10 (0.34)16 (4-0-12 25.00%)5 (0.31)
30Besanko, Neil27y 344d165 (82-2-81 50.30%)4 (0.02)16 (4-0-12 25.00%) 
17Boyd, Colin24y 254d41 (13-2-26 34.15%) 31 (11-1-19 37.10%) 
31Crow, Max23y 90d70 (23-0-47 32.86%)85 (1.21) 
6Daniher, Neale18y 51d2 (0-0-2 0.00%)  
5Daniher, Terry21y 235d41 (18-1-22 45.12%)75 (1.83)22 (8-0-14 36.36%)53 (2.41)
29Davis, Allan30y 190d234 (122-1-111 52.35%)360 (1.54)20 (7-0-13 35.00%)16 (0.80)
3Day, Barry25y 39d2 (0-0-2 0.00%)  
21Fletcher, Ken31y 76d236 (104-5-127 45.13%)52 (0.22) 
10Foulds, Garry22y 329d78 (28-1-49 36.54%)42 (0.54) 
27Madden, Simon21y 98d89 (35-1-53 39.89%)158 (1.78) 
37Marsh, Ian23y 166d29 (8-0-21 27.59%)4 (0.14) 
25Merrett, Roger18y 353d3 (1-0-2 33.33%)  
34Neagle, Merv21y 31d23 (9-0-14 39.13%)6 (0.26) 
15Primmer, Wayne20y 88d32 (10-1-21 32.81%)61 (1.91) 
2Reid, Alan23y 68d2 (0-0-2 0.00%)  
36Scanlon, Denis25y 2d45 (13-1-31 30.00%)5 (0.11) 
26Shaw, Robert24y 91d25 (8-0-17 32.00%)3 (0.12) 
18Vander Haar, Paul21y 31d37 (10-1-26 28.38%)56 (1.51) 
32Watson, Tim17y 268d37 (13-1-23 36.49%)28 (0.76) 
Totals23y 75d1220 (508-17-695 41.64%)949 (0.78)  
CDavis, Barry35y 204d24 (8-0-16 33.33%)  

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