1978 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1978 between Melbourne and Carlton during round fifteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Melbourne (2.14.26) were defeated by Carlton (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 15 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 16,870

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 2.14.26 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 6 1 . 7 2 . 11 2 . 14 2 . 14 (26)
Carlton 2 . 4 7 . 9 11 . 12 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin CARL by 10 CARL by 38 CARL by 55 CARL by 89 CARL by 89
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dennis Jones

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 11 19 3 6
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 3 0 0 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 3
36 Cooke, Gary ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 3 0 5 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 4 23 16 7 10 3 3 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 6 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 8 0 4 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 6 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 35 29 6 3 0 6 6
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 0 0 2 2
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 2 1 2
26 McKeon, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 4 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 4 1
47 Thompson, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 4
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 2 14 270 198 72 61 24 52 43

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 7 0 1 1
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 3 24 22 2 3 0 2 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 2
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 2
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 1 31 20 11 2 0 8 6
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 0 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 7 0 3 6
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 6 10 4 2
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 2
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 0 4
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 3 1 16 9 7 6 16 2 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 5 0 3 4
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 2 0 4 1
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 3 3
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 3
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 2
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 0 26 24 2 7 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 13 290 231 59 72 26 43 52

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