AFL Match Statistics : Essendon defeated by North Melbourne at Waverley Park Round 21 Saturday, 26th August 1978

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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 Stats ❘ North Melbourne Player Stats ❘ Match Head to Head Stats ❘ Scoring 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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