1978 VFL Season Round 9: Carlton v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1978 between Carlton and North Melbourne during round nine of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted North Melbourne at Princes Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Carlton (18.9.117) defeated North Melbourne (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Carlton v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 31,211

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.9.117 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 6 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
North Melbourne 3 . 5 3 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin CARL by 15 CARL by 36 CARL by 28 CARL by 58 CARL by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 7 0 2 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 4 0 1 1
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 1 0
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 4
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 1
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 2 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 1 0 5
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 6 0 11 10 1 5 8 3 2
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 3
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 13 0 2 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 5 15 10 19 3 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 0 0 2
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 5 1 20 18 2 10 0 2 4
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 10 0 3 1
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 1
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 0
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 0 4 4
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 18 9 316 231 85 92 28 35 39

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 2 1 1 2
49 Briedis, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 2
45 Burnett, Brendan ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 2 0
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 2
3 Cassin, John ? ? 0 2 14 7 7 6 0 1 5
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 4 3
14 Davis, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 1
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 2 28 21 7 9 0 4 2
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 2 3
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 3 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 6 13 0 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 3 2 4
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 0 28 18 10 3 0 3 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 2 0 1 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 3 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 10 0 3
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 4 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 2 1 4 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 8 11 302 209 93 71 28 39 35

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