1969 VFL Season Round 7: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1969 between Carlton and Melbourne during round seven of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Carlton (14.24.108) defeated Melbourne (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 15,150

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 14.24.108 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 4 7 . 12 8 . 18 14 . 24 14 . 24 (108)
Melbourne 6 . 2 6 . 3 11 . 6 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin MELB by 16 CARL by 15 MELB by 6 CARL by 30 CARL by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 0 3 11 8 3 3 0 2 3
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 2
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 1 29 22 7 3 0 3 1
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 0 3
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 3 0 24 20 4 2 0 3 3
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 3
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 6 0 4 3
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 3 5 20 17 3 8 0 3 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 4 6 5 1 2 13 2 3
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 2
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 1 23 15 8 3 19 3 4
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 4 0 1 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 2 1 17 15 2 4 0 4 5
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 3 17 12 5 7 0 0 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 6 1 3 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 1 0 3 3
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 1 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 24 302 238 64 64 34 37 50

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 8 4 3
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 1 10 10 0 2 0 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 2 2
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 5 0 18 17 1 1 0 3 1
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 3 0 3 4
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 5 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 4 0 2 2
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 6 4 3
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 2 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 5 4 2
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 6 0 2 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 9 0 3 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 4 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 26 22 4 4 0 2 3
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 3 2 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 6 237 217 20 50 22 50 37

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s