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KEY FACTS

Official name
North Melbourne Football Club

Known as
North Melbourne

Nickname
Kangaroos

Former name
Hotham

Former name date
1888-01-01

Formed
1869 (disbanded 1907; reformed 1908; disbanded 1921; reformed 1922)

Colours
Royal blue and white

Associated clubs
Werribee; North Melbourne Reserves; North Melbourne WFC; North Melbourne U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1925–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1924

Home Ground
Docklands

AFL Premierships
1996, 1999 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1975, 1977 (2 total)

VFA Premierships
1903-4, 1910, 1914-15, 1918 (6 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia - 1975 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series - 1965-6, 1980, 1995, 1998 (5 total); McClelland Trophy - 1976, 1978, 1983, 1998 (4 total)

Most Games
432 - Brent Harvey (1996-2016)

Most Goals
671 - Wayne Carey (1989-2001)

League Top Goalkickers
D.Wade (103) 1974; M.Blight (103) 1982; J.Longmire (98) 1990 (3 total)

Brownlow Medalists
Noel Teasdale 1965; Keith Greig 1973 & 1974; Malcolm Blight 1978; Ross Glendinning 1983 (4 medallists/5 medals)

Headquarters
204-206 Arden St, North Melbourne, VIC 3051

Phone: (03) 9320 2400 

Email
info@nmfc.com.au

Website
nmfc.com.au

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Game records

"With former playing hero Allen Aylett now spearheading the club's administration as a radical and forward thinking president, in 1971 North Melbourne audaciously announced a 'Five Year Plan' to secure a VFL premiership ... Every aspect of the club's operation came under intense analysis with a view to trimming the fat and maximising efficiency. Nevertheless, it is doubtful if such measures alone would have been sufficient to propel the team which won just one game in 1972 (earning an inevitable wooden spoon) to a remarkable four consecutive grand finals for two flags between 1974 and 1977..."

John Devaney explains how a rule change helped the Kangaroos break through to win their first flag

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1961 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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North Melbourne's 1961 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H North Melbourne 1.25.66.68.10 58 WON Essendon 3.54.66.116.13 49 9 ARD Apr 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 A North Melbourne 4.24.28.48.4 52 LOST Footscray 1.45.136.1513.19 97 -45 WES Apr 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A North Melbourne 2.55.68.69.8 62 LOST Collingwood 4.25.710.1412.16 88 -26 VIC Apr 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H North Melbourne 2.14.35.48.7 55 LOST Hawthorn 3.34.59.1212.13 85 -30 ARD May 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H North Melbourne 0.68.1010.1511.17 83 LOST Carlton 4.18.113.417.7 109 -26 ARD May 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A North Melbourne 4.35.69.1111.13 79 LOST Fitzroy 3.211.511.1014.13 97 -18 BWS May 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H North Melbourne 3.36.87.129.14 68 LOST St. Kilda 3.55.68.1311.16 82 -14 ARD Jun 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H North Melbourne 4.06.89.1211.13 79 DRAW Geelong 2.35.55.1011.13 79 0 ARD Jun 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 A North Melbourne 5.47.79.1310.16 76 LOST Richmond 3.27.59.612.10 82 -6 PUN Jun 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 H North Melbourne 1.32.83.105.14 44 LOST Melbourne 4.29.511.614.9 93 -49 ARD Jun 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 A North Melbourne 1.13.63.67.8 50 LOST South Melbourne 5.65.67.129.14 68 -18 LAK Jul 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A North Melbourne 0.02.62.83.10 28 LOST Essendon 1.32.36.89.9 63 -35 WIN Jul 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H North Melbourne 4.76.99.1410.15 75 WON Footscray 1.26.29.211.6 72 3 ARD Jul 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H North Melbourne 4.37.68.99.13 67 WON Collingwood 3.15.36.69.10 64 3 ARD Jul 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A North Melbourne 0.25.55.106.11 47 LOST Hawthorn 5.17.29.315.10 100 -53 GLE Aug 5 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A North Melbourne 3.56.68.710.8 68 LOST Carlton 3.43.65.149.16 70 -2 PRI Aug 12 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H North Melbourne 4.28.510.1110.15 75 WON Fitzroy 0.32.54.128.15 63 12 ARD Aug 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 A North Melbourne 2.45.58.119.13 67 LOST St. Kilda 2.35.86.1010.12 72 -5 JUN Aug 26 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1961 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Aylett, Allen 17                             18 1.1    
Beer, Adrian 4                             0 0.0    
Cahill, Brian 1                             0 0.0    
Carey, Tom 1                             0 0.0    
Carr, Alan 10                             1 0.1    
Cheatley, Barry 18                             2 0.1    
Cowen, Derek 8                             0 0.0    
Dalgleish, John 3                             0 0.0    
Darby, Mike 5                             0 0.0    
Dean, Ken 16                             0 0.0    
Dow, Peter 7                             1 0.1    
Dugdale, John 17                             47 2.8    
Dwyer, Laurie 18                             4 0.2    
Eastmure, Gerald 15                             13 0.9    
Fyffe, Ken 3                             0 0.0    
Gaudion, Michael 18                             7 0.4    
Goode, Frank 1                             0 0.0    
Hancock, Bob 1                             0 0.0    
Hollands, Keith 2                             0 0.0    
Hughes, Ian 7                             6 0.9    
Jenkins, John 18                             11 0.6    
Kelly, Barry 2                             0 0.0    
Mantello, Albert 5                             1 0.2    
McGregor, Ian 1                             0 0.0    
Meehan, Dave 1                             0 0.0    
O'Brien, Jock 7                             0 0.0    
Palmer, Don 3                             0 0.0    
Perry, Adrian 1                             0 0.0    
Pickering, Michael 3                             1 0.3    
Poole, Robin 6                             0 0.0    
Railton, Denis 14                             1 0.1    
Robertson, Keith 17                             1 0.1    
Robinson, Fred 10                             1 0.1    
Rowe, Paul 9                             0 0.0    
Ryan, Graham 17                             1 0.1    
Saunders, Graeme 7                             0 0.0    
Snell, Ken 18                             8 0.4    
Teasdale, Noel 16                             15 0.9    
Turner, Brian 12                             0 0.0    
Waddington, John 10                             5 0.5    
Ward, Rod 11                             10 0.9    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.