1978 VFL Season Round 8: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1978 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Carlton (8.15.63) defeated Fitzroy (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 20 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 21,601

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 8.15.63 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Carlton	1	.	2	3	.	5	6	.	15	8	.	15	8	.	15	(63)
Fitzroy	2	.	4	4	.	5	5	.	7	9	.	7	9	.	7	(61)
Margin	FITZ by 8			FITZ by 6			CARL by 14			CARL by 2			CARL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
12	Armstrong, Barry	?	?	0	2	23	20	3	2	0	1	2
14	Ashman, Rod	?	?	1	4	21	19	2	4	0	0	3
21	Austin, Rod	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	3	0	3	1
41	Brown, Peter	?	?	1	1	12	10	2	3	0	1	0
16	Buckley, Jim	?	?	4	1	19	17	2	3	0	3	6
1	Collins, Dennis	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	1	0	6	3
11	Doull, Bruce	?	?	0	1	23	12	11	5	1	4	2
6	Fitzpatrick, Peter	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
17	Galt, Rod	?	?	0	1	16	12	4	3	12	2	9
18	Heath, Kevin	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	5	3
25	Jesaulenko, Alex (c)	?	?	0	0	12	5	7	2	0	2	4
28	Jones, Peter	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	5	2	2
8	Keogh, Trevor	?	?	0	0	30	20	10	4	0	4	6
36	MacLure, Mark	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	5	0	0	3
10	Mangels, Alan	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	5	1
43	McKay, David	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	5	0	2	2
30	Pickett, Tony	?	?	0	1	7	5	2	1	0	2	0
5	Sheldon, Ken	?	?	0	3	20	15	5	1	0	4	3
20	Southby, Geoff	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	1	1
9	Towns, Greg	?	?	2	1	19	11	8	7	0	2	4
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				8	15	294	220	74	59	18	49	57

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
6	Alexander, Ron	?	?	0	0	22	20	2	7	14	8	2
25	Austen, Geoff	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	3
24	Beecroft, Bob	?	?	2	0	6	4	2	1	1	1	3
2	Brown, Brian	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	3	0	4	1
18	Brown, Peter	?	?	0	2	6	6	0	3	0	1	0
28	Carter, Rod	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	1	1	3	2
12	Conlan, Mick	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
38	Fowler, Grant	?	?	1	1	8	7	1	0	0	1	2
17	Hodges, Russ	?	?	1	0	12	11	1	0	0	4	6
7	Irwin, Warwick	?	?	0	1	21	13	8	3	0	3	2
30	Linton, Wayne	?	?	0	1	10	7	3	2	0	2	2
23	McCarthy, Gerald	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	2	0	1	2
19	McMahon, David	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	1	0	0	5
36	Merrigan, Harvey (c)	?	?	0	0	13	12	1	5	0	7	2
11	O'Keeffe, Kevin	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	2	0	3	1
14	Padley, Barry	?	?	4	0	10	10	0	1	0	2	5
5	Quinlan, Bernie	?	?	1	1	9	7	2	5	3	2	6
10	Serafini, Laurie	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	2	0	3	4
8	Smith, Chris	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	10	0	4	1
29	Wilson, Garry (vc)	?	?	0	1	30	21	9	6	0	8	0
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				9	7	235	182	53	55	20	57	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

Score Timeline

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1978 VFL Season

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