1978 VFL Season Round 19: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1978 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round nineteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Fitzroy (8.10.58) were defeated by Carlton (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 12 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 21,410

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Carlton
Score: 8.10.58 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Carlton 5 . 5 5 . 9 6 . 10 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin CARL by 33 CARL by 11 FITZ by 4 CARL by 11 CARL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
G. James

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 7 17 1 4
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 4 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 2 1 1 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 2 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 6 5 0 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 4 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 1 27 23 4 1 0 3 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 2
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 2 0 5 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 9 0 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 0 4
49 Pretto, Rino ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 3 2 0 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 4 1 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 5 0 7 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 10 0 0 4
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 2 1 37 27 10 6 0 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 10 278 202 76 79 26 37 44

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 1 0 0 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 5 42 35 7 4 1 2 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 3 4
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 1 28 24 4 5 0 6 4
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 4 0 2 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 0 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 1 6 3 3 3 7 0 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 7 12 1 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 4 0 4 6
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 3 4
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 3 0 2 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 1 4 0
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 3 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 4 2
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 8 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 15 302 228 74 72 21 44 37

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