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Melbourne vs Carlton Match Centre

Saturday 9-May-1981
Final Round 7
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
56 8.8
96 12.24
Carlton Coach: David Parkin
Carlton logo
M.C.G. Carlton by 40 CAR by 40
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 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Nettlefold — · Position unavailable 21 Jim Durnan — · Position unavailable 13 Wayne Gordon — · Position unavailable 5 Michael Young — · Position unavailable 44 Stephen Bickford — · Position unavailable 7 Phillip Pinnell — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 15 Vin Catoggio — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 34 Roger Ellingworth — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 25 Mark Jackson — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable
Away team

Carlton

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

34 Alex Marcou — · Position unavailable 7 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable 14 Rodney Ashman — · Position unavailable 1 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Bosustow — · Position unavailable 13 Phil Maylin — · Position unavailable 22 Robbert Klomp — · Position unavailable 11 Bruce Doull — · Position unavailable 9 Ken Hunter — · Position unavailable 35 Denis Lenaghan — · Position unavailable 2 Warren Jones — · Position unavailable 30 Graeme Whitnall — · Position unavailable 3 Mike Fitzpatrick — · Position unavailable 27 Des English — · Position unavailable 48 Geoff Hocking — · Position unavailable 36 Mark Maclure — · Position unavailable 29 Greg Sharp — · Position unavailable 32 David Glascott — · Position unavailable 15 Val Perovic — · Position unavailable 17 Robert Dutton — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.20.23.40.056
CAR2.53.33.74.996

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Peter BosustowCAR
Behinds
3
3 tied leaders
Peter FrancisCAR
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELCAR

Scoring / Attack

8Goals12
8Behinds19
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

294Disposals309
193Kicks221
101Handballs88

Clearance / Contest

30Hitouts39

Other

55Marks46
43Frees For40
40Frees Against43

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Carlton beat Melbourne by 40 points, 96–56.

Carlton extended a 7-point three-quarter-time lead with a 33–0 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. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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Grand Final

Grand Final Sat 26 Sep FINAL
Fremantle FRE
89–96
Brisbane Lions BRI
M.C.G.
AFLW
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
Geelong GEE
52–56
Melbourne MEL
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
North Melbourne NTH
49–13
Carlton CAR
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Sydney SYD
—–—
Western Bulldogs WBD
Henson Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Gold Coast GCS
—–—
Hawthorn HAW
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