1978 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1978 between Richmond and Carlton during round one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Robert Walls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Richmond (25.24.174) defeated Carlton (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 1 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,511

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 25.24.174 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 7 12 . 11 18 . 13 25 . 24 25 . 24 (174)
Carlton 3 . 3 7 . 7 11 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 34 RICH by 44 RICH by 77 RICH by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 6 1 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 8 29 26 3 5 0 1 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 7 1 24 17 7 13 3 3 2
9 Dickson, Glenn ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 5 0 3 2
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 7 3 13 13 0 5 0 3 4
1 Einsiedel, John ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 5 0 4 5
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 2
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 11 0 2
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 4 2 24 14 10 7 0 2 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 4 0 0 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 5 1
27 Stonehouse, Ken ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 1
31 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 1 26 23 3 3 0 2 1
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 3 1 12 4 8 2 0 0 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 8 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 25 24 299 218 81 84 20 33 37

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 30 25 5 3 1 3 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 1
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 2 0 6 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 0 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 3 2
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 4 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 8 0 0 2
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 11 3 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 1 19 17 2 3 0 3 5
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 4 0 0 4
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 0 0 1 3
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 3 2 11 7 4 4 0 1 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 7 11 2 2
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 2 0 0 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 4 1
42 Walls, Robert (c) ? ? 3 1 12 9 3 4 0 2 1
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 1 0
19 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 13 261 175 86 52 24 37 33

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