1971 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1971 between North Melbourne and Carlton during round one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Carlton at Arden Street Oval. Barry Goodingham captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

North Melbourne (18.16.124) defeated Carlton (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 3 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 20,399

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 18.16.124 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 8 14 . 12 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Carlton 3 . 3 7 . 8 10 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin NMLB by 8 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 26 NMLB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Goodingham
Coach: Brian Dixon

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Boundary Umpires

H. Fox

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
13 Bloomfield, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 0 0 2 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 1 0 2 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 4 1 11 8 3 3 3 0 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 3 0 0 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 4 3 23 18 5 4 0 4 5
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 18 1 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 1 1 2 3
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 2 2 0
14 Hodgetts, Athol ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 4 2 28 21 7 7 1 5 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 2 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 3 5
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 26 20 6 8 0 1 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 2 27 22 5 3 0 3 1
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 7 2 1
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 2 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 16 317 236 81 53 32 35 34

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 1 3 3
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 1
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 1 1 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 1 3
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 1 0 0 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 3 2 12 11 1 1 0 1 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 3 20 16 4 1 0 4 2
16 Lawson-Smith, Gary ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 1 7 1 1
49 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 7 0 1
14 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 5 0 0 2
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 1 1 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 5 21 0 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 0 6
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 4 0 3 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 0 28 17 11 2 0 5 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 6 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 6 3
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 2 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 283 234 49 53 38 34 35

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