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North Melbourne vs Geelong
| Round: 17 Venue: Arden Street Date: Sat, 29-07-1978 2:10 pm Crowd: 15,775 | |||||
| North Melbourne | 4.7.31 | 8.8.56 | 17.12.114 | 18.14.122 | C: Ron Barassi |
| Geelong | 2.2.14 | 6.9.45 | 8.10.58 | 10.16.76 | C: Rod Olsson |
| NTH by 17 | NTH by 11 | NTH by 56 | NTH by 46 | ||
Match stats
| North Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 29 | Baker, Phil | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26y 129d | 97 | 116 | |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | 19 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28y 163d | 96 | 148 | |
| 44 | Boyse, Maurice | 12 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23y 26d | 20 | 8 | |
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22y 343d | 92 | 148 | |
| 11 | Burns, John | 15 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 28y 353d | 89 | 61 | |
| 8 | Crosswell, Brent | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27y 355d | 159 | 185 | |
| 55 | Easton, Stephen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18y 351d | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Glendinning, Ross | 12 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21y 315d | 16 | 21 | |
| 18 | Good, Kerry | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19y 261d | 9 | 8 | |
| 27 | Greig, Keith | 19 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26y 279d | 160 | 36 | |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | 10 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25y 350d | 111 | 11 | |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22y 144d | 65 | 23 | |
| 47 | Jarrott, Alan | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 346d | 23 | 10 | |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | 20 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29y 100d | 81 | 111 | |
| 24 | Moylan, John | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25y 199d | 29 | 1 | |
| 35 | Nettlefold, Bill | 11 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 25y 96d | 47 | 17 | |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | 11 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 28y 262d | 92 | 39 | |
| 38 | Ramsay, Roy | 11 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22y 207d | 21 | 0 | |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25y 191d | 140 | 169 | |
| 5 | Sutton, Darryl | 12 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26y 2d | 39 | 30 | |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 230 | 96 | 103 | 333 | 18 | 14 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 24y 333d | 1389 | 1146 | ||
| Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 16 | Blake, Rod | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 26y 44d | 93 | 34 | |
| 12 | Browne, Mark | 11 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23y 252d | 87 | 60 | |
| 20 | Card, Ray | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21y 116d | 19 | 0 | |
| 15 | Cassidy, Jeff | 13 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21y 305d | 33 | 16 | |
| 14 | Clarke, David | 18 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25y 210d | 137 | 188 | |
| 23 | Donohue, Larry | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23y 98d | 84 | 277 | |
| 26 | Hawkins, Jack | 8 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24y 69d | 119 | 18 | |
| 39 | Higgins, Kevin | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27y 159d | 128 | 35 | |
| 5 | Malarkey, Gary | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25y 67d | 36 | 0 | |
| 6 | Manson, David | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 27y 168d | 35 | 13 | |
| 33 | Nankervis, Bruce | 18 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27y 349d | 135 | 33 | |
| 40 | Nankervis, Ian | 11 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 30y 207d | 221 | 197 | |
| 35 | Neal, Robert | 17 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21y 225d | 86 | 14 | |
| 3 | Newland, Ken | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29y 86d | 214 | 248 | |
| 17 | Newman, John 'Sam' | 12 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32y 219d | 259 | 77 | |
| 28 | Preston, Andy | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20y 347d | 18 | 6 | |
| 13 | Sarah, Paul | 21 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24y 222d | 114 | 167 | |
| 8 | Sheehan, Kevin | 10 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24y 362d | 75 | 84 | |
| 9 | Turner, Mick | 15 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23y 235d | 79 | 38 | |
| 11 | Woodman, Alan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23y 52d | 49 | 1 | |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 203 | 63 | 90 | 293 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 37 | 25y 98d | 2021 | 1506 | ||
Match highlights
Mark Browne played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)Kevin Higgins played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)