Qualifying Final, 1996

Carlton 1.4 10 5.6 36 8.8 56 10.10 70 West Coast 6.2 38 11.7 73 12.9 81 18.17 125	Venue: Subiaco	Date: Saturday September 7, 1996
Result: Loss by 55 points	Crowd: 41,501	Reports: Nil
Goalkickers: S.Kernahan 2, A.McKay 2, A.Hickmott 1, E.Spalding 1, M.Hanna 1, J.Murphy 1, F.Brown 1, A.Koutoufides 1.
Best: A.Koutoufides, S.Camporeale, S.Silvagni, F.Brown, J.Madden, B.Ratten, A.Christou.
Umpires: Goldspink, Mitchell, Scroop	Injuries: Nil

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Game Review

Carlton suffered a major blow in the lead up to its finals campaign when reliable, recently named All Australian defender Michael Sexton, who had been Best on Ground in its previous game, rolled his ankle at training. He would miss his first game in 3 years, joining Williams, Pearce and Rice on the sidelines.

The determined Eagles were in control of the match from the start and had 5 on the board before Carlton scored its only goal of the first quarter. Carlton had no answers for the tear-away Matera or Cousins. The Blues started to get their act together in the second quarter, kicking 4 goals, but the Eagles still outscored them with 5 to take a 37 point lead at half time. Carlton would have the better of the Eagles in the third quarter, kicking 3 goals to one, to reduce the margin to 25 points at the final break. But the Eagles extended the margin by kicking the first 2 goals and the match was all but over. The Blues added just 2 more goals to the Eagles' 6 to go down by 55 points.

There were few good players besides Anthony Koutoufides, with 31 disposals, 9 marks and a goal, Fraser Brown and Scott Camporeale, both with 25 and Brett Ratten with 24, while Stephen Silvagni kept Sumich goalless until the match was in junk time and to just 5 touches. Justin Madden controlled the rucks but the Blues were unable to take advantage of this.

Team

B:	34 Ron De Iulio	1 Stephen Silvagni	22 Glenn Manton
HB:	5 Andrew McKay	35 Peter Dean	39 Ang Christou
C:	13 Mil Hanna	7 Brett Ratten	43 Anthony Koutoufides
HF:	16 Scott Camporeale	11 Earl Spalding	18 Justin Murphy
F:	9 Adrian Hickmott	4 Stephen Kernahan (c)	17 Brent Heaver
Ruck:	44 Justin Madden	20 Fraser Brown	21 Craig Bradley (vc)
Interchange:	6 Matt Clape	32 Adrian Whitehead	24 Matthew Allan
Coach:	David Parkin

Milestones

Last game (At Carlton): Brent Heaver

Gallery

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  1996 Qual. Final - Adrian Hickmott.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Anthony Koutoufides.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Brent Heaver.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Craig Bradley.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Fraser Brown.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Fraser Brown.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Fraser Brown pressures Chris Mainwaring.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Mil Hanna.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Mil Hanna & Justin Madden.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Mil Hanna on the burst.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Sexton sounds death knell.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Silvagni & Manton spoil the pack.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Silvagni: Blue of the week.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Stephen Kernahan marks in front of Ashley McIntosh.
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  1996 Qual. Final - Stephen Silvagni.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Carlton Playing List.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Anthony Koutoufides: Player of the week.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Craig Bradley.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - SOS: Dont give up on us yet.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Footy Record.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Footy Record Match Preview.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Form Guide.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Match Preview.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Match Review.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Match Summary.
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  1996 Qual. Final Vs WCE - Stephen Kernahan.

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Round 22 | Semi Final