1974 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1974 between Carlton and Melbourne during round one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with, in the absence of Robert Walls, deputy vice-captain Alex Jesaulenko as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Carlton (14.13.97) defeated Melbourne (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,724

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 14.13.97 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 3 5 . 4 8 . 8 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 5 5 . 7 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 1 CARL by 19 CARL by 49 CARL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Alex Jesaulenko (acting)
Coach: John Nicholls

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 26 26 0 6 ? 4 0
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 7 ? 3 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 ? 1 2
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 ? 4 0
23 Davis, Craig ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 5 ? 1 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 ? 0 4
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 4 ? 1 4
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (avc) ? ? 1 2 13 13 0 2 ? 2 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 3 2 18 11 7 8 ? 7 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 1 ? 5 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 4 2 16 15 1 10 ? 3 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 ? 1 3
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 ? 0 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 0 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 4 ? 2 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 ? 2 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 6 1
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 2 21 18 3 4 ? 1 5
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 ? 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 272 219 53 72 0+ 43 33

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 ? 1 3
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 6 ? 4 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 ? 2 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 7 ? 2 4
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 3 ? 3 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 ? 2 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 ? 1 0
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 ? 0 0
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 ? 4 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 ? 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 ? 1 2
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 1 ? 0 5
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 3 ? 2 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 ? 0 7
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
39 Moore, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 ? 1 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 ? 1 3
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 ? 1 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 2 ? 1 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 1 ? 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 12 238 186 52 54 0+ 33 43

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