1979 VFL Season Round 5: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1979 between Carlton and Melbourne during round five of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Carlton (15.20.110) defeated Melbourne (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,148

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 15.20.110 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 7 7 . 10 10 . 15 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Melbourne 2 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 10 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin CARL by 16 MELB by 3 MELB by 7 CARL by 14 CARL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 4 35 27 8 5 1 4 4
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 3 3 22 17 5 2 0 4 2
1 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 3 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 1 2 22 10 12 5 1 2 5
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 7 20 2 3
47 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 3
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 5 0 10 9 1 6 0 2 3
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 3 22 18 4 6 0 0 3
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 2 4 1
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 2 9 0 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 4
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 17 5 12 4 0 1 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 7 0 2 4
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 1
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 4 0 1 5
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 3 3 31 26 5 7 0 3 6
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 3 0
19 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 20 348 221 127 79 33 39 50

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 5 7 3 1
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 2 16 7 9 6 0 2 4
33 Dellamarta, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 4
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1
32 Elliott, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 0
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 1 33 22 11 6 0 3 0
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 1 1 1 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 3 24 17 7 2 0 5 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 4 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 3
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 2 0 2 5
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 16 1 5
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 2 12 11 1 1 0 1 0
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 0 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 1 2 1
38 O'Keefe, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 5 3
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 5 2 14 13 1 4 0 0 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 2 1
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 3 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 7 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 18 308 219 89 48 27 50 39

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