1979 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1979 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round four of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Fitzroy (11.16.82) were defeated by Carlton (20.19.139).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 28 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 21,577

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Carlton
Score: 11.16.82 - 20.19.139

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 5 4 . 10 8 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Carlton 4 . 5 8 . 9 14 . 18 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
Margin CARL by 18 CARL by 23 CARL by 43 CARL by 57 CARL by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 7 26 5 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 4 31 21 10 9 1 3 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 2 4 1 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 2 0 6 3
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 3
3 Frazer, John ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 2 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 4 3 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 3 0 1 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 4 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 2 0 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 22 10 12 5 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 4 0 5 4
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
43 Poynton, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 1 0 3 1
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 3 21 12 9 5 1 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 5 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 4 1 27 23 4 4 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 16 301 219 82 60 39 50 38

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 1 0 1 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 6 1 22 16 6 7 0 2 4
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 0 0 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 5 0 1 1
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 1 3 17 12 5 5 10 3 4
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 4 4 9 7 2 4 2 1 5
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 2 1 19 10 9 6 0 2 2
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 4 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 8 0 2 3
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 1 0 2 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 8 13 3 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 6
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 28 16 12 7 0 2 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 1 28 16 12 11 0 4 3
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 0 1
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 1
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 2 4 23 21 2 2 0 1 4
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 2 2
19 Young, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 19 349 230 119 77 25 38 50

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