1978 VFL Season Elimination Final: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1978 between Carlton and Geelong in the elimination final of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Carlton (15.15.105) defeated Geelong (9.18.72).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 September 1978
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 57,505

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 15.15.105 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 2 7 . 7 11 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Geelong 1 . 3 2 . 8 6 . 13 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin CARL by 29 CARL by 29 CARL by 30 CARL by 33 CARL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 5 0 3 3
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 2
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 3 3 21 19 2 5 0 4 1
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 2 0 2 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 2 0 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 3 2 10 10 0 6 5 1 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 0
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 3 4
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 4 21 5 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 3 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 4
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 3 25 20 5 13 0 3 2
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 7 0 2 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 8 2 2 3
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 5 0 2 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 4
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 5 1
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 15 279 232 47 89 30 42 42

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 15 4 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 4 0 1 4
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 3 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 5 21 18 3 5 0 3 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 5 13 10 3 8 0 2 2
27 Dowsett, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 0
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 1
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 3 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 8 0 1 3
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 0 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 3 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 0 0 4 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 0 0 5 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 5 5 4 4
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 0 0 3 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 4 3 26 24 2 3 0 4 3
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 4
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 9 18 312 223 89 69 23 42 42

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