1979 VFL Round 18: North Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1979 between North Melbourne and Carlton during round 18 of the 1979 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Carlton at Arden Street Oval. Peter Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

North Melbourne
S. Alves, M. Blight, K. Bryant, G. Dempsey, S. Easton, R. Ebert, R. Glendinning, K. Good, K. Greig, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, J. Law, S. McCann, G. Melrose, B. Nettlefold, R. Podolczak, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Sutton, X. Tanner

Carlton
P. Jones (capt.), B. Armstrong, R. Ashman, R. Austin, P. Brown, B. Doull, M. Fitzpatrick, P. Francis, W. Harmes, W. Johnston, T. Keogh, R. Klomp, M. MacLure, A. Marcou, P. McConville, D. McKay, K. Sheldon, G. Southby, G. Towns, M. Young

North Melbourne (18.11.119) were defeated by Carlton (21.15.141).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: R. Glendinning (5), D. Sutton (3), K. Bryant (2), S. Easton (2), B. Nettlefold (2), M. Blight, G. Dempsey, R. Ebert, X. Tanner
Carlton: P. Brown (4), W. Harmes (4), W. Johnston (4), B. Armstrong (2), R. Ashman (2), M. Fitzpatrick (2), P. Jones (2), P. Francis

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Carlton remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 4 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 28,902

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 18.11.119 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 1 8 . 6 15 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Carlton 6 . 3 13 . 8 14 . 10 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Margin CARL by 2 CARL by 32 NMLB by 4 CARL by 22 CARL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (North Melbourne), Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Peter Jones (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sawers, K. Smith

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 4 0 4 3
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 5 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 6 32 4 2
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 2 2 9 5 4 4 5 0 2
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 6 0 2 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 5 1 18 14 4 7 3 2 2
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 2 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 3 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 6 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 4 0 0 1
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 2 2 17 10 7 0 0 3 4
37 Podolczak, Roger ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 19 1 5 0 1 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 3
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 11 293 220 73 74 40 35 30

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 2 2 27 20 7 5 0 2 0
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 3 39 31 8 4 0 2 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 2
41 Brown, Peter ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 1 4 0 2
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 4 15 1 4
47 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 0 0 0 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 4 3 14 13 1 4 0 1 4
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 4 2 25 23 2 1 0 2 0
28 Jones, Peter (c) ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 12 3 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 2 3
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 2 0
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 7 1 1 6
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 0
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 2 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 2 0 1
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 5 1
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
19 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 15 309 224 85 57 34 30 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