Essendon vs North Melbourne 23-Jun-1979 Lineups

Saturday 23-Jun-1979

Final Round 12

Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

101 15.11

54 6.18

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

38 Peter Bennett — 13 Ken Mansfield — 21 Ken Fletcher — 2 Alan Reid — 3 Barry Day — 30 Neil Besanko — 31 Max Crow — 32 Tim Watson — 10 Garry Foulds — 11 Robert Amos — 18 Paul Vander Haar — 37 Ian Marsh — 15 Wayne Primmer — 6 Neale Daniher — 24 Stephen Robins — 42 Russell Muir — 27 Simon Madden — 7 Frank Dunell — 1 Peter Keenan — 36 Denis Scanlon —

Away team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

20 Wayne Schimmelbusch — 17 Graeme Melrose — 9 Kevin Bryant — 2 Stan Alves — 34 Ross Henshaw — 35 Bill Nettlefold — 27 Keith Greig — 5 Darryl Sutton — 26 John Murphy — 7 Russell Ebert — 44 Maurice Boyse — 24 Gary Dempsey — 8 Brent Crosswell — 16 Stephen McCann — 13 John Law — 47 Alan Jarrott — 4 Ross Glendinning — 37 Roger Podolczak — 1 Stephen Easton — 18 Kerry Good —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ESS	3.5	7.3	3.1	2.2	101
NTH	0.3	0.4	1.5	5.6	54

Match Leaders

Goals

3 tied leaders

Tim WatsonESS

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Alan ReidESS

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSNTH

Scoring / Attack

15Goals6

11Behinds18

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

331Disposals277

237Kicks196

94Handballs81

Clearance / Contest

30Hitouts35

Other

86Marks78

44Frees For24

24Frees Against44

How the match finished

Essendon beat North Melbourne by 47 points, 101–54.

Essendon took a 69-point lead into the last quarter. North Melbourne cut that back to 47 by the final siren, scoring 36 points to 14 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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