| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday June 24, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 43 points | Umpires: N.Nash & I.Robinson | Crowd: 28,266 Receipts: $26,562 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: R.Galt 6, M.Maclure 5, T.Keogh 3, P.Brown 2, D.Collins 1, K.Sheldon 1, J.Buckley 1, P.McConville 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: M.Maclure, T.Pickett, D.McKay, P.Jones, B.Doull, K.Sheldon, R.Galt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: P.McConville, B.Doull (ankle) as an interchange in the second quarter. P.Brown (bruised thigh) by V.Catoggio in the last quarter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
At Princes Park Carlton continued their improved form of the past six weeks, with a great 43 point victory against Richmond and it was centre-half-forward Mark Maclure who provided the spark for the win. Maclure took some brilliant marks and capped off the game with five goals. He was well supported with a hard running game by wingman Tony Pickett. - Inside Football Player of the Year.
Alex Jesaulenko is being dubbed the Genius for saving Carlton. Even if Carlton do not progress any further this year I feel his effort in regards to turning Rodney Galt into a full-time footballer deserves the tag of Genius. Galt, who has played football in Darwin, Sydney and Surfers Paradise and the bush because his club of the time didnt know what to do with him, has finally struck it. He is doing for Carlton what Peter Moore was doing for Collingwood last year. Some people are now saying "Peter Who?". Galt has kicked six goals three times and his new-found dedication and application must be amazing some of his old coaches and teammates. I only hope for his and Carlton's sakes this new lease of life is not a flash in the pan. We will have to wait and see. - Gary Dempsey Inside Football.
Team
| B: | 10 Alan Mangels | 20 Geoff Southby | 18 Kevin Heath |
| HB: | 25 Alex Jesaulenko (cc) | 43 David McKay (vc) | 21 Rod Austin |
| C: | 1 Denis Collins | 9 Greg Towns | 30 Tony Pickett |
| HF: | 11 Bruce Doull | 36 Mark Maclure | 12 Barry Armstrong |
| F: | 17 Rod Galt | 41 Peter Brown | 16 Jim Buckley |
| Ruck: | 28 Peter Jones | 8 Trevor Keogh | 5 Ken Sheldon |
| Interchange: | 33 Peter McConville | 4 Vin Catoggio | |
| Coach: | Alex Jesaulenko | ||
Milestones
Most Consecutive Games: Although mixed with State duties, this game marked the end of an extraordinary 160 games straight for Bruce Doull.Round 11 | Round 13