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North Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 29-Jul-1978
Final Round 17
North Melbourne logo
North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
122 18.14
76 10.16
Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson
Geelong logo
Arden St North Melbourne by 46 NTH by 46
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

17 Graeme Melrose — · Position unavailable 36 Steven Icke — · Position unavailable 11 John Burns — · Position unavailable 27 Keith Greig — · Position unavailable 15 Malcolm Blight — · Position unavailable 6 Arnold Briedis — · Position unavailable 38 Roy Ramsay — · Position unavailable 47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 44 Maurice Boyse — · Position unavailable 4 Ross Glendinning — · Position unavailable 22 Mick Nolan — · Position unavailable 5 Darryl Sutton — · Position unavailable 18 Kerry Good — · Position unavailable 34 Ross Henshaw — · Position unavailable 35 Bill Nettlefold — · Position unavailable 20 Wayne Schimmelbusch — · Position unavailable 8 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 29 Phil Baker — · Position unavailable 55 Stephen Easton — · Position unavailable 24 John Moylan — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 13 Paul Sarah — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 35 Robert Neal — · Position unavailable 12 Mark Browne — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Hawkins — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 15 Jeff Cassidy — · Position unavailable 8 Kevin Sheehan — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Malarkey — · Position unavailable 28 Andy Preston — · Position unavailable 39 Kevin Higgins — · Position unavailable 20 Ray Card — · Position unavailable 6 David Manson — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Woodman — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 23 Larry Donohue — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
NTH4.74.19.41.2122
GEE2.24.72.12.676

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Malcolm BlightNTH
Behinds
3
3 tied leaders
Malcolm BlightNTH
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Tackles
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Team Stats

NTHGEE

Scoring / Attack

18Goals10
11Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

333Disposals293
230Kicks203
103Handballs90

Clearance / Contest

33Hitouts25

Other

96Marks63

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Geelong by 46 points, 122–76.

North Melbourne took a 56-point lead into the last quarter. Geelong cut that back to 46 by the final siren, scoring 18 points to 8 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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