Geelong vs North Melbourne 6-May-1978 Lineups

Saturday 6-May-1978

Final Round 6

Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson

88 12.16

110 16.14

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Bruce Nankervis — 39 Kevin Higgins — 40 Ian Nankervis — 35 Robert Neal — 13 Paul Sarah — 26 Jack Hawkins — 9 Michael Turner — 14 David Clarke — 24 Bryan Cousins — 15 Jeff Cassidy — 20 Ray Card — 3 Ken Newland — 4 Terry Bright — 5 Gary Malarkey — 11 Alan Woodman — 6 David Manson — 23 Larry Donohue — 16 Rod Blake — 32 Russell Koehler — 18 Murray Witcombe —

Away team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Graeme Melrose — 20 Wayne Schimmelbusch — 47 Alan Jarrott — 35 Bill Nettlefold — 11 John Burns — 13 Gary Cowton — 4 Ross Glendinning — 12 Ken Montgomery — 27 Keith Greig — 15 Malcolm Blight — 45 Brendan Burnett — 29 Phil Baker — 39 Mark Williams — 34 Ross Henshaw — 6 Arnold Briedis — 1 Peter Keenan — 22 Mick Nolan — 3 John Cassin — 10 Ray Huppatz — 16 Stephen McCann —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
GEE	4.7	1.2	3.3	4.4	88
NTH	0.0	6.9	6.2	4.3	110

Match Leaders

Goals

2 tied leaders

Larry DonohueGEE

Behinds

Phil BakerNTH

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

GEENTH

Scoring / Attack

12Goals16

16Behinds14

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

299Disposals297

223Kicks217

76Handballs80

Clearance / Contest

21Hitouts34

Other

64Marks73

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Geelong by 22 points, 110–88.

North Melbourne took a 23-point lead into the last quarter. Geelong cut that back to 22 by the final siren, scoring 28 points to 27 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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