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North Melbourne defeats Essendon
Round 1, Aegis Park, Attendance: 22633
Saturday, 7th April 1979, 2:10 PM AEST
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4.8 8.14 14.20 17.27 129
Essendon 5.3 8.9 12.10 16.13 109
North Melbourne Player Stats ❘ Essendon Player Stats ❘ Match Head to Head Stats ❘ Scoring Breakdown
  North Melbourne Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Ron Barassi  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Graeme Melrose 23 8 31 4 1 5 0 3 2
John Byrne 13 12 25 3 1 2 0 0 4
Kevin Bryant 18 6 24 11 0 0 0 2 1
Arnold Briedis 11 11 22 5 3 3 0 2 5
Ross Glendinning 14 7 21 4 0 0 0 2 3
Roy Ramsay 13 8 21 6 0 0 0 1 2
Keith Greig 15 4 19 2 0 0 0 4 0
Stan Alves 14 5 19 5 0 2 1 2 4
Stephen McCann 13 4 17 6 2 2 11 1 4
Gary Dempsey 7 10 17 9 0 2 15 3 2
David Dench 14 3 17 2 0 0 0 1 3
Russell Ebert 11 6 17 3 1 0 1 2 2
Malcolm Blight 12 4 16 7 7 4 0 1 4
Graham Cornes 9 6 15 6 2 4 1 0 2
John Law 12 2 14 1 0 0 0 1 2
Wayne Schimmelbusch 4 8 12 1 0 0 0 2 0
Doug Smith 8 2 10 2 0 0 0 1 3
John Cassin 5 5 10 2 0 2 0 1 5
Glenn Payne 5 3 8 2 0 0 0 1 1
Darryl Sutton 5 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 1
  Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Barry Davis  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Max Crow 17 7 24 9 3 2 4 4 3
Garry Foulds 19 4 23 4 2 0 0 3 2
Peter Bennett 20 3 23 5 0 1 0 3 2
Ian Marsh 13 8 21 1 0 0 0 2 6
Simon Madden 9 9 18 6 0 2 14 3 1
Alan Reid 13 5 18 3 0 0 0 2 3
Denis Scanlon 13 5 18 4 0 0 0 1 2
Allan Davis 18 0 18 2 1 1 0 5 2
Colin Boyd 16 2 18 2 0 0 0 7 1
Barry Day 12 5 17 6 0 1 0 2 1
Tim Watson 11 4 15 0 1 2 0 5 1
Terry Daniher 11 4 15 4 5 0 0 2 0
Ken Fletcher 12 3 15 1 0 0 0 1 0
Neil Besanko 6 7 13 3 0 0 0 0 3
Wayne Primmer 7 6 13 2 0 1 0 3 1
Paul Van Der Haar 7 5 12 5 4 2 3 1 1
Neale Daniher 4 6 10 1 0 0 0 1 1
Robert Shaw 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 0
Merv Neagle 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
Roger Merrett 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
Head to Head
North Melbourne Statistic Essendon
226 Kicks 216
116 Handballs 89
342 Disposals 305
1.95 Kick to Handball Ratio 2.43
82 Marks 59
29 Hitouts 23
31 Frees For 50
50 Frees Against 31
17 Goals Kicked 16
26 Behinds Kicked 12
1 Rushed Behinds 1
44 Scoring Shots 29
38.6% Conversion 55.2%
20.12 Disposals Per Goal 19.06
7.77 Disps Per Scoring Shot 10.52
Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown
North Melbourne First Quarter Essendon
4.8 32 Score 5.3 33
12 Scoring Shots 8
33.3% Conversion 62.5%
Lost quarter by 1 Result Won quarter by 1
Trailing by 1 End of Quarter Leading by 1
North Melbourne Second Quarter Essendon
4.6 30 Score 3.6 24
10 Scoring Shots 9
40.0% Conversion 33.3%
Won quarter by 6 Result Lost quarter by 6
Leading by 5 Halftime Trailing by 5
North Melbourne Third Quarter Essendon
6.6 42 Score 4.1 25
12 Scoring Shots 5
50.0% Conversion 80.0%
Won quarter by 17 Result Lost quarter by 17
Leading by 22 End of Quarter Trailing by 22
North Melbourne Final Quarter Essendon
3.7 25 Score 4.3 27
10 Scoring Shots 7
30.0% Conversion 57.1%
Lost quarter by 2 Result Won quarter by 2
Won game by 20 End of Game Lost game by 20
Scoring Breakdown For Each Half
North Melbourne First Half Essendon
8.14 62 Score 8.9 57
22 Scoring Shots 17
36.4% Conversion 47.1%
Won half by 5 Result Lost half by 5
Leading by 5 Halftime Trailing by 5
North Melbourne Second Half Essendon
9.13 67 Score 8.4 52
22 Scoring Shots 12
40.9% Conversion 66.7%
Won half by 15 Result Lost half by 15
Won game by 20 End of Game Lost game by 20
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