1981 VFL Season Round 17: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1981 between Carlton and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Mike Fitzpatrick captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Carlton (23.15.153) defeated Melbourne (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 15,196

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 23.15.153 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 10 . 10 14 . 12 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 6 14 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin MELB by 20 CARL by 22 CARL by 5 CARL by 53 CARL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Mike Fitzpatrick
Coach: David Parkin

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 1 0
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 2 2 34 25 9 4 0 5 4
19 Burke, Rohan ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 4
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 4 2
27 English, Des ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 0 1
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike (c) ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 6 23 0 4
32 Glascott, David ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 5 0 4 1
37 Harmes, Wayne ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
48 Hocking, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0
40 Howell, Scott ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 6 4 1
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 4 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 2 2 18 13 5 4 0 1 1
49 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 1 1 16 7 9 3 0 1 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 4 0 19 13 6 9 0 1 0
34 Marcou, Alex ? ? 3 1 28 21 7 6 0 3 2
13 Maylin, Phil ? ? 2 1 18 8 10 2 0 1 2
33 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 5 5 0 2
29 Sharp, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 4 1 32 22 10 6 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 15 347 236 111 72 34 32 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 2 2 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 2 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 7 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 1
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 7 0 2 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 23 10 13 1 0 3 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 6 2 8 8 0 6 1 0 3
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 38 2 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 1
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 0 0 2 5
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 2 1 17 15 2 1 0 0 2
47 O'Dwyer, Des ? ? 1 4 12 11 1 7 0 3 3
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 2 0 23 19 4 2 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 1 0 0
50 Todd, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 10 292 211 81 58 42 28 32

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