1978 VFL Season Round 3: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1978 between Carlton and Melbourne during round three of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Robert Walls captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

Carlton (13.20.98) defeated Melbourne (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,039

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 13.20.98 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 3 7 . 10 10 . 13 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Melbourne 2 . 8 5 . 11 7 . 15 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin MELB by 5 CARL by 11 CARL by 16 CARL by 13 CARL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: Ian Stewart

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. James

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 1 4 25 24 1 4 0 2 8
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 1 2 16 16 0 4 0 2 1
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 1 2
6 Fitzpatrick, Peter ? ? 2 4 17 13 4 5 0 1 4
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 2 10 6 4 3 2 2 1
35 Halsall, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 2
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 4 0 0 3
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 1 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 26 20 6 5 0 8 5
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 5 3
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 3 3 14 11 3 8 0 1 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 18 2 5
23 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 3 1
22 Tresize, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 3
42 Walls, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 1
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 0 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 20 288 215 73 70 20 44 50

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 9 3 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 5 0 2 5
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 3 4 4 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 3 24 16 8 5 0 4 9
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 9 0 2 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 0 5 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 2 0 2 3
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 4 0 3 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 3 0 3 1
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 5 0 2 3
33 May, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
24 Richards, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 1
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 18 1 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 26 23 3 4 0 6 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 19 249 204 45 62 31 50 44

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