1971 VFL Season Round 14: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1971 between Carlton and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Carlton (12.16.88) defeated Melbourne (11.6.72).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,506

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 12.16.88 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 6 5 . 9 8 . 15 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 6 CARL by 5 CARL by 16 CARL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 5 0 1 2
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 1 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 32 29 3 5 1 9 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 2 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 3 12 12 0 7 15 1 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 0 15 12 3 4 22 0 6
50 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 1 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 2 22 18 4 7 0 5 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 7 1 0 2
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 2 1 25 21 4 5 0 3 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 1 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 3
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 6 0 1 0
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 4 3 23 19 4 7 0 2 2
46 Warden, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 16 309 258 51 83 39 38 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 0 25 21 4 3 0 2 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 0 0 4 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 2 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 5 1 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 2 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 10 0 2
43 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 2
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 2 0 2 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 1 1 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 5
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 16 0 1 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 2 0 0 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 7 0 2 5
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 3 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 1 25 19 6 5 0 2 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 8 3 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 5 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 6 263 227 36 85 21 30 38

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