1979 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1979 between Essendon and Carlton during round three of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Essendon (11.14.80) were defeated by Carlton (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 31 March 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 41,777

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 11.14.80 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 5 8 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Carlton 3 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 10 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin CARL by 1 CARL by 21 CARL by 24 CARL by 21 CARL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 7 0 2 3
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 2 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 4
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 2 21 14 7 8 0 3 1
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 26 17 9 4 0 1 1
3 Day, Barry ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 3 0 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 27 22 5 7 0 2 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 34 30 4 4 0 3 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 4 9 2 2
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 4 12 4 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 2 1 28 17 11 6 0 2 4
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 2 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 1 0 3 1
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 4 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 1 0 2 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 7 0 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 4 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 326 240 86 82 21 38 32

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 33 18 15 4 0 3 2
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 2
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 4
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 2 2
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 7 7 3 1
47 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 4
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 3 4 10 8 2 4 0 1 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 0 0
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 2 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 6 0 2 0
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 3 0 0 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 9 3 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 8 0 2 5
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 1 0
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 3 28 19 9 11 0 3 1
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 2 0 0 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 8 0 1 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 1 0 4 1
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 3 0 1 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 17 348 235 113 72 16 32 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