Round 1, 1979
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday April 7, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 50 points | Umpires: Peter Cameron & Neville Nash | Crowd: 24,771 Receipts: $32,236 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: M.Fitzpatrick 4, R.Galt 4, K.Sheldon 3, M.Maclure 2, W.Johnston 2, V.Catoggio 2, P.Francis, P.Jones, D.Collins, B.Armstrong, A.Marcou, P.Pinnell 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: D.McKay, B.Doull, K.Heath, G.Southby, W.Harmes, A.Jesaulenko, M.Maclure, M.Fitzpatrick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Don't let the round number surprise you - this was actually our second game of the year, for reasons explained here. The Blues crushed the Pussycats, to follow our win against the Bombers the previous week in a perfect start to the season. Mike Fitzpatrick controlled the rucks and kicked 4 goals, while full-forward Rod 'The Ghost' Galt added another four at the top of a pleasing spread of goal scorers.
Carlton have opened the season with faultless form by first defeating Essendon and following with a morale-boosting 50 points victory over Geelong. Geelong were not in the race as Carlton steamrolled ahead with brilliant teamwork, created by handpassing, and also held sway in aerial encounters. - Football Record
Statistically Speaking
Carlton showed their complete dominance by gaining 78.8% handballs and 13.8% more marks. With 38.4% more scoring shots, this showed the overall dominance in their 50 point win over the Cats. - Ray Young Football Record.
Team
| B: | 37 Wayne Harmes | 20 Geoff Southby | 18 Kevin Heath |
| HB: | 11 Bruce Doull | 43 David McKay | 22 Robbert Klomp |
| C: | 15 Phil Pinnell | 25 Alex Jesaulenko (cc) | 1 Denis Collins |
| HF: | 7 Wayne Johnston | 36 Mark Maclure (dvc) | 8 Trevor Keogh |
| F: | 5 Ken Sheldon | 17 Rod Galt | 34 Alex Marcou |
| Ruck: | 3 Mike Fitzpatrick | 12 Barry Armstrong | 4 Vin Catoggio |
| Interchange: | 28 Peter Jones (vc) | 47 Peter Francis | |
| Coach: | Alex Jesaulenko | ||
Milestones
50 Goals: Mike Fitzpatrick
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