1978 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Collingwood v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1978 between Collingwood and Carlton in the first semi final of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Carlton at the MCG. Len Thompson captained the hosts with Phil Carman as vice-captain. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Collingwood (15.18.108) defeated Carlton (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Carlton
Date: Saturday 16 September 1978
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,933

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Carlton
Score: 15.18.108 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 3 7 . 8 10 . 10 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Carlton 1 . 2 5 . 7 9 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin COLL by 19 COLL by 13 COLL by 4 COLL by 15 COLL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 6 0 0 3
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 2 0 1 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 2 0
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 1 8
44 Dunne, Ross ? ? 4 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 7 0 1 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 1 5
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 4 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 3 10 6 4 3 5 1 1
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 6 0 0 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 8 0 4 2
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 4 0 3 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 5 1 25 18 7 4 0 2 1
32 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 4 20 3 4
37 Whitcroft, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 5 0 6 2
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 18 288 214 74 75 25 33 43

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 5 0 3 0
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 3 31 27 4 4 0 0 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 0
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 4 0 2 1
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 5 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 4 2 1 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 0
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 1 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 25 5 8
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 5 0 4 4
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 4 0 0 4
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 11 0 2 0
30 Pickett, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 4 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 3 2
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 2 1
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 5 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 15 284 226 58 72 27 43 33

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