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Essendon defeated by North Melbourne
Round 21, Waverley Park, Attendance: 22337
Saturday, 26th August 1978, 2:10 PM AEST
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1.1 1.4 2.5 7.9 51
North Melbourne 4.6 9.7 11.9 11.11 77
Essendon Player StatsNorth Melbourne Player StatsMatch Head to Head StatsScoring Breakdown
  Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Barry Davis  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Peter Bennett 21 8 29 4 0 0 0 4 2
Stephen Robins 26 3 29 8 0 0 0 3 3
Ken Fletcher 21 5 26 2 0 0 0 8 2
Terry Cahill 22 2 24 5 1 0 0 7 2
Ian Marsh 19 4 23 3 0 0 0 2 2
Max Crow 18 4 22 10 1 1 7 3 3
Shane Heard 16 5 21 6 0 0 0 2 1
Garry Foulds 18 3 21 7 0 1 0 2 3
Paul Van Der Haar 13 3 16 5 0 1 5 1 2
Larry Watson 10 5 15 0 0 0 0 3 2
Terry Daniher 10 4 14 5 2 2 1 2 2
Simon Madden 8 6 14 8 2 0 14 2 4
Denis Scanlon 11 1 12 5 0 0 0 2 3
Michael Sheldon 9 2 11 3 1 0 0 1 0
Colin Boyd 4 7 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tim Watson 5 4 9 2 0 0 0 2 4
Geoff Burdett 8 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 2
Steven Taubert 5 2 7 1 0 0 0 3 1
Michael Redenbach 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0
Neil Clarke 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
  North Melbourne Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Ron Barassi  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Graeme Melrose 18 7 25 8 1 0 0 1 5
Stephen Icke 14 6 20 4 0 0 0 3 2
Roy Ramsay 10 10 20 4 0 0 0 1 2
Peter Keenan 15 5 20 13 0 0 14 3 1
Arnold Briedis 10 9 19 5 0 1 0 5 5
Malcolm Blight 16 3 19 5 4 3 2 0 1
John Byrne 14 5 19 2 1 2 0 2 2
Wayne Schimmelbusch 13 5 18 5 0 0 0 3 3
Maurice Boyse 17 1 18 6 0 0 0 0 0
John Burns 16 2 18 6 2 1 0 1 5
Gary Cowton 10 7 17 1 0 0 0 1 4
John Cassin 14 3 17 6 1 0 0 3 3
Ross Glendinning 6 10 16 5 0 0 0 3 5
Bill Nettlefold 13 3 16 2 1 0 0 2 2
Doug Smith 11 4 15 8 0 0 0 4 2
Darryl Sutton 11 2 13 5 0 0 0 2 3
Keith Greig 9 3 12 4 0 0 0 2 2
Stephen McCann 8 2 10 5 0 2 5 1 2
Stephen Easton 2 5 7 2 1 0 2 1 2
Mark Dawson 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Head to Head
Essendon Statistic North Melbourne
253 Kicks 228
71 Handballs 93
324 Disposals 321
3.56 Kick to Handball Ratio 2.45
79 Marks 96
27 Hitouts 23
53 Frees For 38
38 Frees Against 53
7 Goals Kicked 11
7 Behinds Kicked 9
2 Rushed Behinds 2
16 Scoring Shots 22
43.8% Conversion 50.0%
46.29 Disposals Per Goal 29.18
20.25 Disps Per Scoring Shot 14.59
Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown
Essendon First Quarter North Melbourne
1.1 7 Score 4.6 30
2 Scoring Shots 10
50.0% Conversion 40.0%
Lost quarter by 23 Result Won quarter by 23
Trailing by 23 End of Quarter Leading by 23
Essendon Second Quarter North Melbourne
0.3 3 Score 5.1 31
3 Scoring Shots 6
0% Conversion 83.3%
Lost quarter by 28 Result Won quarter by 28
Trailing by 51 Halftime Leading by 51
Essendon Third Quarter North Melbourne
1.1 7 Score 2.2 14
2 Scoring Shots 4
50.0% Conversion 50.0%
Lost quarter by 7 Result Won quarter by 7
Trailing by 58 End of Quarter Leading by 58
Essendon Final Quarter North Melbourne
5.4 34 Score 0.2 2
9 Scoring Shots 2
55.6% Conversion 0%
Won quarter by 32 Result Lost quarter by 32
Lost game by 26 End of Game Won game by 26
Scoring Breakdown For Each Half
Essendon First Half North Melbourne
1.4 10 Score 9.7 61
5 Scoring Shots 16
20.0% Conversion 56.2%
Lost half by 51 Result Won half by 51
Trailing by 51 Halftime Leading by 51
Essendon Second Half North Melbourne
6.5 41 Score 2.4 16
11 Scoring Shots 6
54.5% Conversion 33.3%
Won half by 25 Result Lost half by 25
Lost game by 26 End of Game Won game by 26
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