Round 1 Pies v Roos: The Numbers

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Collingwoodfc.com.au has looked into the archives to extract the key facts and figures from Collingwood's 153 meetings with North Melbourne since the Roos joined the VFL in 1925.

Head to Head

Played: 153
Collingwood Won: 102
Collingwood Lost: 49
Drawn: 2

Since 2000
Collingwood: 12
North Melbourne: 7

At Etihad Stadium
Collingwood: 7
North Melbourne: 4

 

Last Five

Round 21 2012 at Etihad Stadium
Collingwood 8.13 (61)
North Melbourne 13.13 (91)
Goals - Collingwood: Beams 2, Blair, Fasolo, Didak, Sinclair, Tarrant, Pendlebury
North Melbourne: Petrie 3, Tarrant 3, Thomas 3. Hansen 2. Ziebell, Garlett
Best - Collingwood: Beams, Blair, Pendlebury, Thomas, Sidebottom
North Melbourne: Goldstein, Harvey, Thompson, Petrie, L.Delaney, McMahon, Hansen.
Brownlow: 3. S.Thompson (NM), 2. D.Beams (Coll), 1. T.Goldstein (NM)
Crowd: 44,956 at Etihad Stadium

Round 16 2011 at the MCG
Collingwood 22.15 (147)
North Melbourne 3.12 (30)
Goals - Collingwood: Sidebottom 4, Blair 3, L.Brown 3, Thomas 3, Swan 2, Cloke 2, Davis, Jolly, Wellingham, Shaw, Fasolo
North Melbourne: Harvey 2, Goldstein
Best - Collingwood: Swan, Pendlebury, Reid, Thomas, Sidebottom, Tarrant, Krakouer, Davis, Cloke
North Melbourne: Goldstein, Wells, Swallow, Rawlings, Ziebell
Brownlow: 3. D.Swan (Coll), 2. L.Davis (Coll), 1. S.Sidebottom (Coll)
Crowd: 53,601 at the MCG

Round 2 2011 at Etihad Stadium
Collingwood 21.17 (143)
North Melbourne 7.14 (56)
Goals - Collingwood: Cloke 5, Beams 3, Didak 2, Dawes 2, Blair 2, Sidebottom 2, Pendlebury, Jolly, Thomas, Swan, Krakouer
North Melbourne: Thomas 2, Hansen 2, Cunnington, Goldstein, Anthony
Best - Collingwood: Swan, Pendlebury, Reid, Cloke, Dawes, Sidebottom, Thomas, Reid, Ball
North Melbourne: Harvey, Rawlings, Swallow, Firrito
Brownlow: 3. D.Swan (Coll), 2. S.Pendlebury (Coll), 1. H.O'Brien (Coll)
Crowd: 40,578 at Etihad Stadium

Round 7 2010 at the MCG
Collingwood 23.19 (157)
North Melbourne 14.7 (91)
Goals - Collingwood: Sidebottom 5, Medhurst 3, Davis 2, Dawes 2, Didak 2, Jolly 2, Johnson, Thomas, Toovey, Cloke, Shaw, O'Bree, Wood
North Melbourne: Thomas 3, Edwards 2, Wells 2, Warren 2, Hale 2, Swallow, Garlett, Harvey
Best - Collingwood: Shaw, Swan, Sidebottom, Jolly, Johnson, Ball
North Melbourne: Anthony, Harvey, Swallow, Rawlings, Thomas
Brownlow: 3. A.Didak (Coll), 2. D.Swan (Coll), 1. S.Sidebottom (Coll)
Crowd: 52,696 at the MCG

Round 6 2009 at Etihad Stadium
Collingwood 19.13 (127)
North Melbourne 11.9 (75)
Goals - Collingwood: Lockyer 4, Cloke 2, Corrie 2, Anthony 2, Davis 2, Wellingham, Maxwell, Medhurst, Brown, Macaffer, Thomas, Swan
North Melbourne: Edwards 4, McIntosh 2, Thomas, Petrie, Harding, Firrito, Warren
Best - Collingwood: Lockyer, Davis, Swan, Pendlebury, Fraser, Wellingham, Corrie
North Melbourne: Simpson, Urquhart, Ziebell, Firrito, Swallow
Brownlow: 3. T.Lockyer (Coll), 2. L.Davis (Coll), 1. S.Pendlebury (Coll)
Crowd: 40,087 at Etihad Stadium

 

Most Goals in a Game

Collingwood
Peter McKenna 11.0 in round five, 1975 at Arden Street
North Melbourne
Sel Murray 9.4 in round 17, 1938 at Victoria Park
Adrian McAdam 9.2 in round 10, 1993 at Victoria Park

 

Highest Scores

Collingwood
Round 9 1990
Collingwood 26.20 (176) def. North Melbourne 14.12 (96)
Goals - Collingwood: Brown 7, Daicos 7, Manson 3, Russell 3, Richardson 2, Barwick, Millane, Crosisca, Tuddenham
North Melbourne: Allison 4, Longmire 4, McDonald 2, Fairley, McCarthy, Hamilton, Romero

North Melbourne
Round 21 1974
North Melbourne 25.15 (165)
Collingwood 10.14 (74)
Goals - North Melbourne: Wade 8, Baker 4, Briedis 3, Schimmelbusch 3, Kekovich 2, Davis, Dench, Dawson, Nolan, Feltham
Collingwood: McKenna 3, Oborne 2, Shaw, Richardson, Picken, Manassa, Dean

 

Lowest Scores

Collingwood
Round 13 1987
Collingwood 2.6 (18)
North Melbourne 10.12 (72)
Goals - Collingwood: Taylor 2
North Melbourne: Crocker 2, Larkin 2, German 2, J.Krakouer, P.Krakouer, Ackerly, McDonald

North Melbourne
Round 18 1934 at Victoria Park
North Melbourne 2.8 (20)
Collingwood 15.18 (108)
Goals - North Melbourne: Lewis, Long
Collingwood: Riley 3, Bowyer, G.Coventry, Doherty, Carmody, Fraser, Le Bruin

 

Greatest winning margin

Collingwood
Round 16 2011 at the MCG
Collingwood 22.15 (147) def. North Melbourne 3.12 (30) by 117 points
Goals - Collingwood: Sidebottom 4, Blair 3, L.Brown 3, Thomas 3, Swan 2, Cloke 2, Davis, Jolly, Wellingham, Shaw, Fasolo
North Melbourne: Harvey 2, Goldstein

Greatest losing margin

Collingwood
Round 21 1974 at Arden Street
North Melbourne 25.15 (165) def. Collingwood 10.14 (74) by 91 points
Goals - North Melbourne: Wade 8, Baker 4, Briedis 3, Schimmelbusch 3, Kekovich 2, Davis, Dench, Dawson, Nolan, Feltham
Collingwood: McKenna 3, Oborne 2, Shaw, Richardson, Picken, Manassa, Dean

Did You Know?

• Collingwood and North Melbourne made history when they fought out the final Under-19 Grand Final back in 1991. The two teams met out at Waverley Park on Grand Final day in the final match in the competition's history before it made way for the TAC Cup. The Kangaroos overcame Keith Burns' Magpies by 38 points, winning 14.15 (9) to 8.13 (61).
• Five years earlier, the Magpies had enjoyed success against the Roos in the Under-19 Grand Final. It was the last of the club's four Under-19 premierships. Captain Jason Croall kept Mick Martyn quiet aft full back and led Collingwood to a 16-point win. The final score was 12.11 (83) to 9.13 (67).
• The last time Collingwood met North Melbourne in round one was back in 2007. The match is famous for Kangaroo Shannon Grant's poster from point blank range with only minutes remaining. Grant had received a contentious 50m penalty after it was deemed that Heath Shaw had held him for too long after marking 50m out from goal. Inexplicably, he was moved only 40m closer to goal. Even so, players like Grant usually eat those sorts of goals for breakfast. But on this occasion, he kicked the ball too hard and hooked it onto the right goal post. The kick allowed Collingwood to cling to a three-point win with James Clement starring at half back.
• Collingwood's last match on Easter Sunday was played against Carlton in round two, 1999, when the Blues won by 29-points. That match is famous for Nathan Buckley's broken jaw. Early in the match, Buckley was bumped by Carlton's Justin Murphy and cracked his jaw. The new Collingwood skipper was to sit out the next five rounds as his team slumped to last on the ladder.