1978 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1978 between Footscray and Carlton during round ten of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Footscray (19.11.125) defeated Carlton (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Monday 5 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 30,197

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 19.11.125 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 9 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Carlton 7 . 4 12 . 11 13 . 14 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin CARL by 19 CARL by 35 CARL by 17 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 ? 21 17 4 7 ? ? ?
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 ? 16 13 3 4 ? ? ?
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 2 ? 9 6 3 6 ? ? ?
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 ? 18 11 7 4 ? ? ?
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 ? 16 14 2 5 ? ? ?
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 ? 24 14 10 6 ? ? ?
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 ? 6 2 4 3 ? ? ?
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 ? 4 2 2 2 ? ? ?
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 ? 14 13 1 2 ? ? ?
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 ? 13 10 3 0 ? ? ?
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 ? 16 9 7 2 ? ? ?
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 ? 18 11 7 5 ? ? ?
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 2 ? 7 5 2 3 ? ? ?
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 ? 15 13 2 1 ? ? ?
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 ? 13 9 4 1 ? ? ?
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 ? 26 23 3 3 ? ? ?
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 9 ? 20 16 4 12 ? ? ?
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 ? 8 3 5 0 ? ? ?
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 ? 14 10 4 2 ? ? ?
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 ? 17 14 3 6 ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 11 295 215 80 74 0+ 0+ 0+

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 ? 27 19 8 5 ? ? ?
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 ? 17 10 7 4 ? ? ?
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 ? 19 18 1 2 ? ? ?
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 2 ? 9 8 1 1 ? ? ?
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 0 ? 5 5 0 0 ? ? ?
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 ? 24 19 5 4 ? ? ?
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 1 ? 18 9 9 7 ? ? ?
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 ? 9 5 4 4 ? ? ?
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 ? 11 7 4 5 ? ? ?
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 ? 14 8 6 3 ? ? ?
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 ? 13 6 7 6 ? ? ?
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 4 ? 29 25 4 8 ? ? ?
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 3 ? 26 17 9 12 ? ? ?
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 ? 17 14 3 0 ? ? ?
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 ? 19 14 5 12 ? ? ?
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 ? 0 0 0 0 ? ? ?
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 ? 26 22 4 5 ? ? ?
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 ? 9 7 2 3 ? ? ?
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 ? 26 13 13 5 ? ? ?
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 ? 18 13 5 5 ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 14 336 239 97 91 0+ 0+ 0+

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