1979 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1979 between Carlton and Geelong during round one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Carlton (23.13.151) defeated Geelong (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,990

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 23.13.151 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 4 11 . 7 16 . 12 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Geelong 2 . 1 6 . 4 12 . 6 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin CARL by 27 CARL by 33 CARL by 30 CARL by 50 CARL by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 28 18 10 5 0 2 1
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 7
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 2 0 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 2 3
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 4 0 18 15 3 9 7 1 4
47 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 5 5
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 4 1 10 8 2 7 0 1 2
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 7 0 1 3
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 2 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 4 0 6 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 2 4 17 14 3 4 0 1 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 6 13 4 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 1 0 1 2
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 1 22 10 12 2 0 1 0
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 6 0 5 6
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 1 2 21 15 6 2 0 2 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 9 0 2 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 4 0 0 4
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 13 358 231 127 82 20 46 51

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 7 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 5 0 2 4
12 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 3 0 5 6
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 23 22 1 4 0 4 4
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 3
27 Dowsett, Craig ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 5 1 1 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 1
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 8 2 6 0 0 2 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 5 0 5 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 2 0 3 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 11 3 5 7
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 2 0 7 1
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 3 0 1 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 5 1 19 17 2 6 0 2 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 4 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 11 307 236 71 72 11 51 46

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