1977 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1977 between Melbourne and Carlton during round seven of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Robert Walls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ian Thorogood.

Melbourne (14.12.96) were defeated by Carlton (16.20.116).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 14 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,456

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 14.12.96 - 16.20.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 6 10 . 8 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Carlton 5 . 7 11 . 13 14 . 16 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Margin CARL by 17 CARL by 43 CARL by 32 CARL by 20 CARL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: Ian Thorogood

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 10 10 5 6
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 2 0 2 4
15 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 6 0 2 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 5 0 1 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 4 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 2 2 27 24 3 2 0 6 3
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 2 0 1 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 3 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 7 0 2 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 2
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 1 7 4 2
38 O'Keefe, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 2 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 3 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 2
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 278 206 72 59 18 41 36

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 4 31 20 11 8 0 0 4
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 0
6 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 2 0 3 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 29 19 10 5 1 4 0
1 Canfield, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 3 1 2 0
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 5 0 1 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 6 1 2
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 6 1 23 15 8 9 0 0 4
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 3 20 14 6 2 0 1 3
32 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 3 3
27 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 3 12 10 2 5 0 2 2
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 1 33 21 12 2 0 3 4
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 1
4 Southcombe, Tony ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 6 15 5 3
22 Tresize, John ? ? 1 0 27 16 11 4 0 3 5
42 Walls, Robert (c) ? ? 1 5 19 14 5 5 1 2 4
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 20 357 238 119 70 24 36 41

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