1981 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1981 between Melbourne and Carlton during round seven of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Mike Fitzpatrick captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by Carlton (12.24.96).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 9 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,020

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 8.8.56 - 12.24.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Carlton 2 . 5 5 . 8 8 . 15 12 . 24 12 . 24 (96)
Margin MELB by 15 CARL by 4 CARL by 7 CARL by 40 CARL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Carlton

Captain: Mike Fitzpatrick
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Dargavel
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 14 3 4
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 0 3 1
15 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 0
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 2 0
34 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 2 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 1 35 22 13 5 0 4 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 5 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 3 2 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 3 0 3 4
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 1 8 3 5 1 3 1 3
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 9 2 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 1 0 1 3
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 0 0 1 7
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 3 1 4 4
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 1
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 3 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 8 294 193 101 55 30 43 40

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 3 25 20 5 2 0 3 3
4 Bosustow, Peter ? ? 3 3 22 13 9 2 0 2 4
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 2 2
17 Dutton, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 0
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike (c) ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 2 23 3 4
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 3 25 21 4 2 0 4 4
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
48 Hocking, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 0
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 2
2 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 7 16 4 2
22 Klomp, Robbert ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 2 2
35 Lenaghan, Denis ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 0 0 2 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 2 0 0 1
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 2 2 27 22 5 0 0 1 4
13 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 4 4
15 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
29 Sharp, Greg ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 3
1 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 6 0 2 2
30 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 12 24 309 221 88 46 39 40 43

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