Round 5, 1961
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: Arden St | Date: Saturday May 13, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 26 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 21,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: L.Brereton 6, T.Carroll 5, B.Cox 2, M.Cross 2, J.Nicholls 1, M.Sankey 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
For the second successive year, Carlton rover Leo Brereton kicked 6 goals in this round, when Carlton knocked over the Shinboners by 26 points at Arden Street. Blues full-forward 'Turkey Tom' Carroll chalked up another five majors, and the win lifted Carlton to second place on the ladder behind Footscray. In a 5-team scramble for the other two places in the four, Melbourne and Hawthorn held on grimly, ahead of Essendon, South Melbourne and St Kilda. Tom Carroll (with a modest 16 goals after five games) led the goal-kicking table, from John Dugdale of North Melbourne and Brian McGowan of South Melbourne; each with 15 majors.
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben | 25 George Ferry | 4 Brian Buckley |
| HB: | 32 Vasil Varlamos | 31 John Williams | 10 John James (acting vc) |
| C: | 21 Bill Arch | 9 Berkley Cox | 35 Chris Pavlou |
| HF: | 19 Ian Collins | 17 Gordon Collis | 18 Peter Barry |
| F: | 16 Maurie Sankey | 22 Tom Carroll | 23 Martin Cross |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (acting capt.) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 6 Leo Brereton |
| Res: | 3 Dave McCulloch | 37 John Heathcote | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: D. McCulloch Out: G. Gilchrist
Milestones
50 Games: John Heathcote
