1978 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1978 between Carlton and Geelong during round two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Robert Walls captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Carlton (13.17.95) were defeated by Geelong (15.19.109).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,932

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Geelong
Score: 13.17.95 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 6 5 . 8 8 . 14 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 8 10 . 12 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin CARL by 2 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: Ian Stewart

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 1 2
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 1 0 7 5
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 4 19 16 3 1 0 2 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 1 1 24 12 12 6 0 1 3
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 9 0 3 1
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 4 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 3 11 3 9 1 3
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 3 15 12 3 3 0 4 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 1
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 4 2
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 5 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 7 8 1 2
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 1 2 22 21 1 6 0 7 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 2 2
23 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 3 1
42 Walls, Robert (c) ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 5 0 0 3
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 2
19 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 17 285 214 71 74 19 49 42

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 5 9 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 4
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 2 0 3 4
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 3 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 8 20 18 2 4 0 2 5
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 4
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 3 0 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 0 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 32 23 9 3 0 6 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 5 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 3 6
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 9 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 3 2 24 19 5 4 0 4 6
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 1 0 2 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 3 13 10 3 3 0 1 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 2 1 4 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 4 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 19 303 215 88 60 19 43 49

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