Essendon vs North Melbourne 26-Aug-1978 Lineups

Saturday 26-Aug-1978

Final Round 21

Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

51 7.9

77 11.11

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Stephen Robins — 38 Peter Bennett — 21 Ken Fletcher — 20 Terry Cahill — 37 Ian Marsh — 31 Max Crow — 10 Garry Foulds — 9 Shane Heard — 18 Paul Vander Haar — 22 Larry Watson — 5 Terry Daniher — 27 Simon Madden — 36 Denis Scanlon — 12 Michael Sheldon — 17 Colin Boyd — 7 Geoff Burdett — 32 Tim Watson — 3 Michael Redenbach — 16 Steven Taubert — 39 Neil Clarke —

Away team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Graeme Melrose — 1 Peter Keenan — 36 Steven Icke — 38 Roy Ramsay — 15 Malcolm Blight — 21 John Byrne — 6 Arnold Briedis — 44 Maurice Boyse — 11 John Burns — 20 Wayne Schimmelbusch — 3 John Cassin — 13 Gary Cowton — 35 Bill Nettlefold — 4 Ross Glendinning — 46 Doug Smith — 5 Darryl Sutton — 27 Keith Greig — 16 Stephen McCann — 55 Stephen Easton — 7 Mark Dawson —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ESS	1.1	0.3	1.1	5.4	51
NTH	4.6	5.1	2.2	0.2	77

Match Leaders

Goals

Malcolm BlightNTH

Behinds

Malcolm BlightNTH

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSNTH

Scoring / Attack

7Goals11

7Behinds9

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

324Disposals321

253Kicks228

71Handballs93

Clearance / Contest

27Hitouts23

Other

79Marks96

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Essendon by 26 points, 77–51.

North Melbourne took a 58-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 26 by the final siren, scoring 34 points to 2 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.

Understanding historical coverage