1978 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 116.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Dennis Collins (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Rod Galt (43)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Trevor Keogh

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alex Jesaulenko, Robert Walls

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Barry #12 20 R01, R06-R22, EF, SF 14
Ashman, Rod #14 18 R05-R11, R14-R22, EF, SF 29
Austin, Rod #21 22 R02-R03, R05-R22, EF, SF 1
Bedford, Peter #27 1 R05 0
Brown, Peter #41 15 R06, R08-R20, R22 16
Buckley, Jim #16 16 R02-R14, R16-R17, R22 16
Byrne, Ray #26 3 R01, R03, R06 0
Catoggio, Vin #4 16 R01-R04, R12-R13, R15-R22, EF, SF 31
Collins, Dennis #1 21 R03-R05, R07-R22, EF, SF 6
Doull, Bruce #11 21 R01-R12, R15-R17, R19-R22, EF, SF 6
Fitzpatrick, Mike #3 2 R16, R18 1
Fitzpatrick, Peter #6 6 R03-R08 4
Galt, Rod #17 21 R03-R04, R06-R22, EF, SF 49
Halsall, Peter #35 2 R03-R04 2
Harmes, Wayne #37 17 R01-R07, R15-R22, EF, SF 4
Heath, Kevin #18 16 R01-R02, R06-R17, EF, SF 0
Jesaulenko, Alex #25 23 R01, R03-R22, EF, SF 2
Jones, Peter #28 20 R02, R04, R07-R22, EF, SF 11
Jones, Warren #2 4 R01-R02, R05-R06 2
Keogh, Trevor #8 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 27
MacLure, Mark #36 22 R01-R02, R05-R22, EF, SF 40
Mangels, Alan #10 14 R01-R14 1
McConville, Peter #33 18 R01-R05, R12-R22, EF, SF 38
McKay, David #43 23 R01-R15, R17-R22, EF, SF 5
Ohlsen, Russell #24 3 R01, R13, R21 1
Pickett, Tony #30 19 R02, R04, R07-R21, EF, SF 5
Pinnell, Phillip #15 10 R01-R02, R14, R18-R22, EF, SF 0
Serafini, Renato #23 3 R02-R04 3
Sheldon, Ken #5 18 R01, R06-R15, R18-R22, EF, SF 25
Southby, Geoff #20 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 1
Towns, Greg #9 18 R05, R07-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 10
Tresize, John #22 1 R03 0
Walls, Robert #42 5 R01-R05 9
Whitnall, Graeme #7 10 R01-R06, R09-R11, R20 4
Young, Michael #19 4 R01-R02, R04-R05 1

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Stewart, Ian 3 1 -0- 2 R01-R03
Silvagni, Serge 3 0 -0- 3 R04-R06
Jesaulenko, Alex 18 14 -0- 4 R07-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 77 Ian Stewart Robert Walls
08/04/1978 Round 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 14 Ian Stewart Robert Walls
15/04/1978 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 13 Ian Stewart Robert Walls
22/04/1978 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 27 Serge Silvagni Robert Walls
29/04/1978 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 1 Serge Silvagni Robert Walls
06/05/1978 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 31 Serge Silvagni Alex Jesaulenko
13/05/1978 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY WIN CAR by 17 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
20/05/1978 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 2 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
27/05/1978 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 58 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
05/06/1978 Round 10 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 21 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
17/06/1978 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 100 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
24/06/1978 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 43 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
01/07/1978 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN CAR by 10 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
08/07/1978 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 7 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
15/07/1978 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 89 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
22/07/1978 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 41 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
29/07/1978 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN CAR by 24 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
05/08/1978 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 41 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
12/08/1978 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 11 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
19/08/1978 Round 20 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 61 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
26/08/1978 Round 21 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 43 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
02/09/1978 Round 22 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 40 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
09/09/1978 Elimination Final Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 33 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko
16/09/1978 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 Alex Jesaulenko Alex Jesaulenko