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North Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 3-Jun-1978
Final Round 10
North Melbourne logo
North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
85 13.7
82 12.10
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
Essendon logo
Arden St North Melbourne by 3 NTH by 3
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

20 Wayne Schimmelbusch — · Position unavailable 15 Malcolm Blight — · Position unavailable 17 Graeme Melrose — · Position unavailable 36 Steven Icke — · Position unavailable 47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 10 Ray Huppatz — · Position unavailable 4 Ross Glendinning — · Position unavailable 27 Keith Greig — · Position unavailable 13 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 34 Ross Henshaw — · Position unavailable 46 Doug Smith — · Position unavailable 11 John Burns — · Position unavailable 25 Xavier Tanner — · Position unavailable 3 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 16 Stephen McCann — · Position unavailable 45 Brendan Burnett — · Position unavailable 5 Darryl Sutton — · Position unavailable 14 Craig Davis — · Position unavailable 49 Robert Briedis — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

20 Terry Cahill — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 8 Jack Mihocek — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
NTH7.41.15.10.185
ESS2.13.52.15.382

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Ross GlendinningNTH
Behinds
2
3 tied leaders
Malcolm BlightNTH
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

NTHESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals12
7Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

281Disposals273
202Kicks209
79Handballs64

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts39

Other

71Marks59

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Essendon by 3 points, 85–82.

North Melbourne took a 35-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 3 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 1 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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