1976 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1976 between Melbourne and Carlton during round four of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Peter Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ian Thorogood.

Melbourne (17.12.114) were defeated by Carlton (24.13.157).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 24 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,991

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 17.12.114 - 24.13.157

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 9 . 5 14 . 8 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Carlton 5 . 5 13 . 10 16 . 11 24 . 13 24 . 13 (157)
Margin CARL by 15 CARL by 29 CARL by 15 CARL by 43 CARL by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Skilton

Carlton

Captain: Peter Jones
Coach: Ian Thorogood

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 4 2 19 13 6 9 0 1 2
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 1
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 2 2 10 6 4 3 0 2 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 5 0 2 6
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 6 0 5 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 1 4 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 3 3 16 14 2 6 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 5 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Goss, Paul ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 0 0 2 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 1
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 6 4 3 1
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 8 2 1
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 5
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 5 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 2 0 5 0
29 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 3 2 3
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 12 248 198 50 61 16 49 36

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 2 0 2 3
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 3 3 22 19 3 7 0 0 5
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 0
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 4
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 6 6 1 2
31 Halloran, Danny ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 6 1 2 3
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
28 Jones, Peter (c) ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 7 22 2 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 4 0 16 12 4 6 0 3 3
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 12 0 2 1
32 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 2 0 1 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 4 1 1 4
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 2 4 27 21 6 2 1 8 5
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 3
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 4 0 1 2
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 3 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 24 13 269 216 53 79 31 35 51

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