1978 VFL Season Round 6: Carlton v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1978 between Carlton and Hawthorn during round six of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Hawthorn at Princes Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Serge Silvagni and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Carlton (19.12.126) were defeated by Hawthorn (24.13.157).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Carlton v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 6 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 19,649

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Hawthorn
Score: 19.12.126 - 24.13.157

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 4 9 . 7 14 . 11 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 10 . 5 15 . 12 24 . 13 24 . 13 (157)
Margin HWTH by 6 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 7 HWTH by 31 HWTH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Serge Silvagni (caretaker)

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Vice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 0 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 6 0 1 6
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 1
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 3 0 4 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 1 0 2
6 Fitzpatrick, Peter ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 6 0 2 3
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 7 6 2 0
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 9 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 3 1
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 1 29 19 10 6 0 4 3
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 3 3 18 16 2 10 0 1 1
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 1 0 4 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 5 20 0 2
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 5 3 13 11 2 1 0 3 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 0
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 12 304 227 77 70 33 42 33

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 1
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert BPR ? 1 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 1
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 0 1 2
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 2 1 25 23 2 1 0 4 6
25 Hendrie, John HFFR ? 2 1 30 25 5 10 1 2 1
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 1 1
4 Matthews, Kelvin INT ? 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 2
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 7 4 24 21 3 6 0 2 2
20 McCarthy, Michael CHF ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FF ? 6 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 3 4 21 18 3 7 0 4 2
37 Murray, Jeff FPL ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 15 1 6
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 1
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 2
22 Rowlings, Barry HFFL ? 1 0 15 11 4 0 1 1 1
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 11 1 6
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 20 16 4 0 1 5 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 18 11 7 1 0 4 1
45 Walter, Richard INT ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 24 13 310 234 76 55 32 33 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

Player Line-Up

Carlton Coach: Serge Silvagni
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 9 R. DiPierdomenico













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



8 D. O'Halloran 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 R. Eade 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 4 K. Matthews
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 45 R. Walter
22 B. Rowlings 20 M. McCarthy 25 J. Hendrie 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



37 J. Murray 6 M. Moncrieff 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin