1978 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1978 between Essendon and Carlton during round fourteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Essendon (13.24.102) defeated Carlton (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 29,788

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 13.24.102 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 6 . 11 6 . 16 13 . 24 13 . 24 (102)
Carlton 5 . 6 7 . 8 11 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin CARL by 20 CARL by 3 CARL by 22 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 1
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 3 3
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 1
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 3 3 15 12 3 3 0 5 2
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 3 0 6 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 3 19 13 6 12 1 2 4
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 4 24 18 6 11 6 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 4 0 4 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 3 0
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 16 1 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 1 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 4 2 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
3 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 1 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 3 1 3 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 3 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 4 5 5 0 2 1 2 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 6 2 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 24 310 236 74 81 27 43 29

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 31 25 6 5 0 2 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 3 1 18 13 5 2 0 1 4
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 3
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 0 0 2 2
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 5 0 3 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 3 3 1 3
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 6 0 1 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 6 23 1 0
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 1 0 4 2
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 9 0 4 6
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 4
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 1 3 13 11 2 5 0 1 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 8 0 1 2
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 1 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 3
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 11 280 197 83 65 26 29 43

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