1979 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1979 between Melbourne and Carlton during round sixteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Mark MacLure captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Melbourne (9.7.61) were defeated by Carlton (19.26.140).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 21 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,389

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 9.7.61 - 19.26.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 4 6 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Carlton 3 . 6 8 . 10 13 . 19 19 . 26 19 . 26 (140)
Margin CARL by 20 CARL by 18 CARL by 49 CARL by 79 CARL by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Carlton

Captain: Mark MacLure
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
J. Wright

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 16 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 5 2 7 7 0 6 0 1 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 3 2 2 2
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 3 0 1 3
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 6 0 0 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 6 2 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 0 3
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 3 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 8 0 4 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 31 21 10 5 2 2 4
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 3 5
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 3 0 2 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 4 1
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 6 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 7 264 181 83 70 27 35 43

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 3 26 22 4 3 0 2 4
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 3 2 12 7 5 5 0 0 4
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 0 2 22 18 4 3 0 2 3
4 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 6 0 4 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 1
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 3 19 5 3
47 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 1 29 18 11 8 0 0 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 0
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 4 2 22 15 7 3 1 5 0
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 16 2 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 3 21 15 6 2 0 4 1
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 5 0 1 3
36 MacLure, Mark (c) ? ? 2 4 13 12 1 6 0 0 4
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 2 1 24 16 8 1 0 2 1
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 5 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 3 5 16 14 2 4 0 3 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 26 324 230 94 67 36 43 35

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