Elimination Final, 1978

Carlton 6.2 38 7.7 49 11.13 79 15.15 105 Geelong 1.3 9 2.8 20 6.13 49 9.18 72	Venue: VFL Park - Waverley
Date: Saturday September 9, 1978	Result: Win by 33 points
Umpires: Bill Deller, Neville Nash	Crowd: 57,505
Goalkickers: V.Catoggio 3, T.Keogh 3, R.Galt 3, M.Maclure 2, D.Collins 1, B.Doull 1, R.Austin 1, W.Jones 1
Best: M.Maclure, A.Jesaulenko, V.Catoggio, R.Austin, W.Jones, B.Doull
Reports: Nil	Injuries: Nil

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Game Review

Both sides used the outer wing as a racetrack and took long runs bouncing the ball.

A low standard game, indicating that again, Carlton had lost form at the wrong end of the year. Geelong were a poor 5th team, who suffered injuries before and during the game, so a Carlton win was the only logical result.

Blues too skilled! Carlton's superior teamwork enabled them to score a 33 point victory against Geelong in the Elimination Final at VFL Park on Saturday. The Blues used their skilled hand and foot passing to initiate many attacking moves. Geelong had chances but squandered these with poor kicking around the ground and for goal. The Cat's full-forward Larry Donohue was one of the worst offenders managing, only 1.5. Carlton appeared the better team for most of the match, but struggled to shake off a determined Geelong challenge. Two separate scoring bursts by the Blues gained them control of the match. The first came in the last 10 minutes of the opening quarter - four goals. A five minute burst half-way through the third quarter in which three goals were scored put an end to what had been a spirited Geelong fightback. The Blues led by 29 points at quarter time and looked likely to go on to crush Geelong. But they were hard pressed to improve on that margin for the rest of the match. Carlton led by 29 points at half time and by 30 points at three-quarter time. Geelong reduced the leeway to 17 points during the final quarter, but Carlton steadied to run out comfortable winners. Carlton centre half-forward Mark Maclure turned in a match winning performance. Maclure had 21 kicks and took 13 marks in a magnificent display of forward play. Vin Catoggio was another of the Blues stars. Catoggio used his great baulking, weaving, pace and excellent disposal skills to rip holes in the Geelong defence. Captain-coach Alex Jesaulenko played Catoggio on a half-forward flank throughout the match, and this proved to be an excellent move. Catoggio capped off a fine game with three brilliant goals. Carlton well and truly had the Cats measure. - Tony Greenberg Inside Football.

Team

B:	37 Wayne Harmes	20 Geoff Southby	15 Phil Pinnell
HB:	11 Bruce Doull	43 David McKay (vc)	21 Rod Austin
C:	30 Tony Pickett	9 Greg Towns	1 Denis Collins
HF:	25 Alex Jesaulenko (cc)	36 Mark Maclure	12 Barry Armstrong
F:	17 Rod Galt	33 Peter McConville	4 Vin Catoggio
Ruck:	28 Peter Jones	8 Trevor Keogh	14 Rod Ashman
Interchange:	18 Kevin Heath	5 Ken Sheldon
Coach:	Alex Jesaulenko

Milestones

Score Records: This was actually Carlton's first finals win since 1973, ending a record equalling run of 5 consecutive finals losses

Gallery

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  1978 Elim. Final - Mark Maclure voted Best Player.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Match Preview.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Match Review (page 1 of 2).
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  1978 Elim. Final - Match Review (page 2 of 2).
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  1978 Elim. Final - Match Review.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Match Stats.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Phil Pinnell.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Rod Ashman gets in a clearing kick.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Rod Ashman injured.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Rod Galt competes with Rod Blake.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Vin Catoggio on the burst.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Vin Catoggio shoots for goal and is supported by Rod Galt.
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  1978 Elim. Final Player Profiles (pg 1 of 2).
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  1978 Elim. Final Player Profiles (pg 2 of 2).
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  1978 Elim. Final Team List & Selections (pg 1 of 2).
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  1978 Elim. Final Team List & Selections (pg 2 of 2).
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  1978 Elim. Final Vs Cats - Match Details.
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  1978 Elimination Final - Jezza talks to Pinnell with Sheldon.
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  1978 Elimination Final - Mark Maclure marks strongly.
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  1978 Elimination Final - Rod Galt.
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  1978 Elim Final - Vinny Catoggio on the burst.
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  1978 Elim. Final - David McKay.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Dennis Collins.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Footy Record Cover.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Geoff Southby spoils Larry Donohue.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Greg Towns.Pic: Inside Football.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Greg Towns.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Jezza happy with win.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Mark Maclure flies for a mark.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Mark Maclure marks strongly.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Mark Maclure stars.
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  1978 Elim. Final - Mark Maclure takes a strong contested mark.

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Round 22 | Semi Final