Match Recap
Round 3·Sat, 31-Mar-1979 2:10 PM·Waverley Park·41,777 att.
Essendon
11.14 (80)
vs
Carlton
14.17 (101)
Carlton won by 21

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon3.2 (20)5.5 (35)8.10 (58)11.14 (80)11.14 (80)
Carlton3.3 (21)8.8 (56)12.10 (82)14.17 (101)14.17 (101)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#38 Peter Bennett16420711
#30 Neil Besanko154191
#31 Max Crow851351
#6 Neale Daniher148223
#5 Terry Daniher14721822
#29 Allan Davis1792641
#3 Barry Day1131432
#21 Ken Fletcher2252771
#10 Garry Foulds304344
#1 Peter Keenan549419
#27 Simon Madden1311442112
#37 Ian Marsh171128621
#34 Merv Neagle77
#15 Wayne Primmer8311131
#2 Alan Reid125176
#24 Stephen Robins101011
#36 Denis Scanlon92114
#26 Robert Shaw3583
#18 Paul Vander Haar52771
#32 Tim Watson44841

Carlton — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#12 Barry Armstrong18153341
#4 Vin Catoggio628321
#1 Dennis Collins144183
#11 Bruce Doull1010204
#3 Mike Fitzpatrick124167117
#47 Peter Francis8191
#17 Rod Galt8210434
#37 Wayne Harmes98171
#18 Kevin Heath46102
#25 Alex Jesaulenko1862461
#7 Wayne Johnston15520322
#28 Peter Jones43719
#8 Trevor Keogh232258
#22 Robbert Klomp7613
#36 Mark Maclure199281113
#34 Alex Marcou12315221
#43 David McKay610168
#15 Phillip Pinnell1852311
#5 Ken Sheldon16622321
#20 Geoff Southby8614