1979 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1979 between Carlton and Collingwood in the grand final of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Ray Shaw captained the visitors with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Carlton (11.16.82) defeated Collingwood (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 29 September 1979
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 113,545

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Collingwood
Score: 11.16.82 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 0 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 12 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Collingwood 2 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin COLL by 10 CARL by 1 CARL by 21 CARL by 5 CARL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Smith

Goal Umpires

R. Barker
B. Farrow

Boundary Umpires

L. Paterson
G. Willcox

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Wayne Harmes CARL 37 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 0 0 2 3
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 0 0 4 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 1 0
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 5 18 5 6
47 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 3 0 2 2
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 3 0 1 4
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 0 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 7 0 2 5
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 2 10 4 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 0 7
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 1 3 3
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 5 0 0 7
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 1 0 0 2
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 7 2 1
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 3 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 4
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 1
19 Young, Michael ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 16 283 203 80 51 36 37 54

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 1 0 1 3
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 4
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 7 0 1 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 4 0
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 2
8 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 6 2 2 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 6 0 3 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 0
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 28 6 6
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 2 0 7 0
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 1 0 3 4
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 1 7 0
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 0 0 4 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 0 0 3 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 11 246 195 51 45 32 54 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