North Melbourne vs Essendon 7-Apr-1979 Lineups

Saturday 7-Apr-1979

Final Round 1

North Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi

129 17.27

109 16.13

Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Graeme Melrose — 21 John Byrne — 9 Kevin Bryant — 6 Arnold Briedis — 4 Ross Glendinning — 38 Roy Ramsay — 27 Keith Greig — 2 Stan Alves — 23 David Dench — 16 Stephen McCann — 7 Russell Ebert — 24 Gary Dempsey — 15 Malcolm Blight — 11 Graham Cornes — 13 John Law — 20 Wayne Schimmelbusch — 19 Doug Smith — 3 John Cassin — 33 Glenn Payne — 5 Darryl Sutton —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

31 Max Crow — 38 Peter Bennett — 10 Garry Foulds — 37 Ian Marsh — 29 Allan Davis — 17 Colin Boyd — 2 Alan Reid — 36 Denis Scanlon — 27 Simon Madden — 3 Barry Day — 21 Ken Fletcher — 5 Terry Daniher — 32 Tim Watson — 15 Wayne Primmer — 30 Neil Besanko — 18 Paul Vander Haar — 6 Neale Daniher — 26 Robert Shaw — 34 Merv Neagle — 25 Roger Merrett —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	4.8	4.6	6.6	3.7	129
ESS	5.3	3.6	4.1	4.3	109

Match Leaders

Goals

Malcolm BlightNTH

Behinds

Graeme MelroseNTH

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

NTHESS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals16

26Behinds12

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

342Disposals305

226Kicks216

116Handballs89

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts23

Other

82Marks59

31Frees For50

50Frees Against31

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Essendon by 20 points, 129–109.

North Melbourne took a 22-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 20 by the final siren, scoring 27 points to 25 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.

Understanding historical coverage