1978 VFL Season Round 21: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1978 between Carlton and Footscray during round twenty-one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Carlton (23.7.145) defeated Footscray (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 26 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 22,413

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 23.7.145 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 1 15 . 3 21 . 5 23 . 7 23 . 7 (145)
Footscray 3 . 2 7 . 4 8 . 4 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin CARL by 17 CARL by 47 CARL by 79 CARL by 43 CARL by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 4 0 27 22 5 6 0 2 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 3 1 4 6
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 0 4 3
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 5 1 22 18 4 7 0 3 6
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 3 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 7 11 0 2
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 10 0 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 25 21 4 2 0 3 4
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 4 3 22 14 8 10 0 3 4
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 0
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 7 0 5 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 2 2
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 2 0 21 17 4 8 0 2 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 1
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 7 321 243 78 90 22 38 45

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 1
12 Brown, George ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 10 11 1 0
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 2 26 21 5 4 0 7 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 4 18 2 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 4 4
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 0 26 17 9 3 0 3 6
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 0 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 7 0 1 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 2 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 1 4
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 2 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 7 4 18 14 4 12 0 1 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 3 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 0 9 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 12 276 202 74 63 29 45 38

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