1978 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1978 between Carlton and Collingwood during round eighteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Collingwood at Princes Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Len Thompson captained the visitors with, in the absence of Phil Carman, deputy vice-captain Ronnie Wearmouth as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Carlton (14.19.103) defeated Collingwood (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 5 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 43,365

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Collingwood
Score: 14.19.103 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 4 5 . 9 10 . 12 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Collingwood 2 . 4 3 . 9 7 . 11 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin CARL by 12 CARL by 12 CARL by 19 CARL by 41 CARL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Ronnie Wearmouth (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 4 22 18 4 4 0 0 1
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 3 1 2 1
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 3
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 2 0 4 1
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 5 0 3 0
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 7 3 1 4
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 4 7 0 2
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 2 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 1 2 5
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 6 10 4 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 5 3
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 5 1 5 4
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 3 2 11 7 4 4 0 2 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 3
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 5 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 4 6
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 2 0 2 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 7 2
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 8 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 19 297 234 63 73 23 57 44

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 3
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 3 0 1 2
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 2 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 3 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 3
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 2 20 13 7 8 0 3 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 0 0 6 6
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 2 6 6 0 4 3 1 3
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 24 23 1 5 0 6 1
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 2
49 Philippe, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 14 0 5 3
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 1 5
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 2 0 2 3
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 1 0 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 3 7 3 7
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie (avc) ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 3 2
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 10 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 14 231 178 53 62 21 44 57

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