Round 12, 1963
| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday July 27, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 41 points | Umpire: Blew | Crowd: 16,909 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: B.Cox 3, J.Gill 3, T.Best 2, K.Hall 2, J.Nicholls 2, T.Carroll 1, I.Collins 1, G.Collis 1, M.Cross 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: J.Gill, B.Cox, J.James, M.Cross, K.Hall, S.Silvagni, J.Benetti | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: B.Crowe (torn thigh muscle) replaced by P.Barry third quarter. B.McMaster-Smith by G.Hardie in last quarter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
At long last - a win! The battered Blues broke their four-game losing sequence with this clinical carving-up of last-placed Fitzroy at Princes Park - a win celebrated in hindsight for the debut of future Premiership defender and crowd favourite Kevin Hall.
The game got off to a fast start and promised to be a good game. Fitzroy were quickly out of the blocks and had the Blues troubled with their pace. A confident Carlton then swung into gear and became the aggressor. The Blues with superior team work and strength, soon had them on top and held a two goal lead at quarter time. This was increased to 22 points at the main break, and Carlton added 6.5 to 2.1 in the third term to hold a match winning 50 point lead. The 'Roys out scored the Blues by 9 points in the last quarter. "Carlton's reorganised attack functioned excellently, John Gill was mobile and creative at centre half-forward and Gordon Collis, at full forward, showed promise and did more useful work than his one goal indicated. The move of Tom Carroll to a flank and Berkley Cox back to the centre added bite to both lines. Clear superiority in the ruck, in the air and a tough defence, headed by John James and John Benetti, were other factors behind the win." (Age July 29)
Team
| B: | 8 John Benetti | 4 Brian Buckley | 16 Maurie Sankey |
| HB: | 10 John James | 28 John Reilly | 14 Bob Crowe |
| C: | 40 Bruce McMaster-Smith | 22 Tom Carroll | 30 Murray Kick |
| HF: | 9 Berkley Cox | 12 John Gill | 19 Ian Collins |
| F: | 3 Kevin Hall | 17 Gordon Collis | 23 Martin Cross |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni (vc) | 6 Trevor Best |
| Res: | 18 Peter Barry | 15 Greg Hardie | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: I. Collins, G. Hardie, J. Gill, K. Hall Out: B.Williams, W. Lofts, V.Varlamos, C. Stewart
Milestones
Debut: Kevin Hall
