1976 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1976 between Essendon and Carlton during round two of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. In the absence of Graham Moss, vice-captain Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Barry Grinter as vice-captain. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ian Thorogood.

Essendon (12.16.88) were defeated by Carlton (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 10 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,687

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 12.16.88 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 12 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Carlton 7 . 3 10 . 8 11 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin CARL by 26 CARL by 21 CARL by 17 CARL by 12 CARL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher (acting)
Vice-Captain: Barry Grinter (acting)
Coach: Bill Stephen

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Ian Thorogood

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 3 1
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 4 0 0 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 5 0 3 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 1 10 10 0 5 1 2 0
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 3 18 14 4 4 0 5 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (ac) ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 0 3 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
18 Grinter, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 3
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 3 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 8 0 3 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 10 3 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 5 1 2 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 1 0 2 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 2 2
8 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 1 7 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 3 5
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 6 0 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 16 246 210 36 76 13 49 35

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 2 0 2 4
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 3
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 4 2 3
31 Halloran, Danny ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 1 1 1 3
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0
29 Higgins, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 4 0 1 3
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 3 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 5 23 0 6
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 3 1 25 22 3 4 0 5 2
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 5
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 2 0 20 18 2 4 0 2 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 4 4 12 11 1 8 9 0 0
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 1
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 4 0 4 3
44 Pascoe, Eric ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 5
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 4 3 16 13 3 6 0 3 4
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 4 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 16 241 201 40 68 37 35 49

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