1971 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1971 between Melbourne and Carlton during round three of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Melbourne (19.13.127) defeated Carlton (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 17 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,785

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 19.13.127 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 9 . 3 14 . 9 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Carlton 3 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 13 MELB by 24 MELB by 27 MELB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 3 2
37 Brown, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 3 2 16 15 1 5 0 1 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 1 28 25 3 3 0 5 4
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 2 1 7 4 3 4 0 0 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 4 0
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 8 6 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 7 0 0 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 4 16 0 5
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 2 6
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 2 32 25 7 8 0 4 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 7 2 2 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 3 14 11 3 10 0 2 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 1 26 22 4 6 0 2 2
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 13 284 236 48 88 24 30 43

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 2 0
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 3 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 2 0 4 3
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 6 3 21 18 3 4 0 3 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 11 15 1 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 3 0 1 2
49 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 8 0 0 3
14 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 7 0 1 3
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 4 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 18 3 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 4 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 5 0 0 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 11 0 4 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 8 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 10 286 226 60 82 33 43 30

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