1976 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Carlton v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1976 between Carlton and North Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Thorogood and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Carlton (9.12.66) were defeated by North Melbourne (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Carlton v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 September 1976
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 69,234

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 1 5 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
North Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 2 7 . 7 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin CARL by 7 CARL by 9 CARL by 2 NMLB by 1 NMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Ian Thorogood

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 2 27 22 5 5 0 1 4
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 2 0 3 5
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 1 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 0 2
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 4 1 5
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 0 0 0 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 23 2 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 3 0 3 2
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 4
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 0
32 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 3 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 5 1 2 5
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 2 1
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 4 14 13 1 6 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 247 200 47 54 28 32 42

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 2 28 22 6 12 0 1 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 5 0 5 0
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 2 0 0 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 35 24 11 3 0 3 1
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 0 0 3 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 3 1 0
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 4
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 1 0 6 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 5
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 14 2 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 1 6 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 14 2 3
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 5 0 3 1
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 5 0 11 11 0 5 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 7 304 210 94 62 34 42 32

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