Round 18, 1966
| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 27, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 70 points | Umpire: Perkins | Crowd: 37,236 Receipts: $12,413 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Nicholls 1, K.Hall 1, J.Comben 1, P.Jones 1, B.Quirk 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: J.Nicholls, G.Crane, W.Lofts, P.McLean, A.Gallagher, K.Greenwood. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton's season of promising highs and mystifying lows ended in near-humiliation at the hands of Geelong at Princes Park, when a huge crowd turned up to see the Blues get destroyed by 70 points. Although Carlton's rucks broke even, and Wes Lofts kept the Cats' spearhead Doug Wade under wraps all match, Geelong's pace and slick teamwork overwhelmed the home side.
More than 37,000 people watched Geelong thrash Carlton by 70 points. Bill Goggin was in great form for the Cats, kicking four goals, while John Nicholls did well for the Blues. - Football Record.
Team
| B: | 50 Peter Gilbert | 20 Wes Lofts | 44 Ron Stone |
| HB: | 21 Barry Gill | 11 John Goold | 3 Kevin Hall |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 19 Ian Collins | 33 Jim Pleydell |
| HF: | 12 John Gill | 5 Ken Greenwood | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 1 Serge Silvagni | 25 John Comben |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (acting capt.) | 36 Peter McLean | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 22 John Morrison | 17 Ron Auchettl | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
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John Gill colliding with Geelong's Ken Newland.
Image: Courtesy The Age August 29
Team Changes
In: R. Auchettl Out: P. Constance
Milestones
100 Games: Ian Collins and Wes Lofts
Debut: Ron Auchettl
Last Game: Peter Gilbert
Last Game (Carlton): John Comben, Ken Greenwood
