1977 VFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1977 between Essendon and Carlton during round nine of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Peter Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ian Thorogood.

Essendon (14.12.96) defeated Carlton (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 28 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,840

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 14.12.96 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Carlton 2 . 6 4 . 9 6 . 12 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Bill Stephen

Carlton

Captain: Peter Jones
Coach: Ian Thorogood

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 5 5
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 3 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 4 0 1 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 3 1 2 5
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 6 0 2 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 4 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 3 22 7 5
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 6 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 0 0 3 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 13 13 0 5 0 2 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 3 25 21 4 4 0 3 0
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 4 4
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 5 11 4 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 1 2 3
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 3 25 24 1 2 0 5 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 0 0 2 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 12 269 213 56 54 35 58 38

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 2 25 24 1 3 0 3 4
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 4 0 1 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 3 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 3 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 1
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 4
28 Jones, Peter (c) ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 6 15 3 5
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 1 0 2 4
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 2 19 17 2 6 0 3 2
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 2
32 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 2 5
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 2
27 McKenna, Peter ? ? 3 4 10 10 0 3 0 4 7
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 1 0 1 6
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 1
4 Southcombe, Tony ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 3 6 4 6
22 Tresize, John ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 0 1 2 3
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 17 262 207 55 47 22 39 58

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