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Melbourne vs Carlton Match Centre

Saturday 21-Jul-1979
Final Round 16
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
61 9.7
140 19.26
Carlton Coach: Alex Jesaulenko
Carlton logo
M.C.G. Carlton by 79 CAR by 79
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 12 Cameron Clayton — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 40 Peter Thorne — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 15 Phil Seaton — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 21 Jim Durnan — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 6 Robert Elliott — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 31 Phil Carman — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Walters — · Position unavailable
Away team

Carlton

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

47 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable 12 Barry Armstrong — · Position unavailable 34 Alex Marcou — · Position unavailable 16 Jim Buckley — · Position unavailable 7 Wayne Johnston — · Position unavailable 8 Trevor Keogh — · Position unavailable 4 Vin Catoggio — · Position unavailable 22 Robbert Klomp — · Position unavailable 5 Ken Sheldon — · Position unavailable 33 Peter McConville — · Position unavailable 3 Mike Fitzpatrick — · Position unavailable 11 Bruce Doull — · Position unavailable 36 Mark Maclure — · Position unavailable 21 Rod Austin — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Brown — · Position unavailable 37 Wayne Harmes — · Position unavailable 20 Geoff Southby — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Mangels — · Position unavailable 43 David McKay — · Position unavailable 2 Warren Jones — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL0.46.01.22.161
CAR3.65.45.96.7140

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Ray BiffinMEL
Behinds
5
Ken SheldonCAR
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELCAR

Scoring / Attack

9Goals19
5Behinds23
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

264Disposals324
181Kicks230
83Handballs94

Clearance / Contest

27Hitouts36

Other

70Marks67
35Frees For43
43Frees Against35

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Carlton beat Melbourne by 79 points, 140–61.

Carlton extended a 49-point three-quarter-time lead with a 43–13 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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