Round 1, 1990

Carlton	6.5	41	10.9	69	12.15	87	14.15	99
Sydney	2.1	13	3.6	24	9.9	63	15.14	104

Venue: Princes Park

Date: Saturday March 31, 1990

Result: Loss by 5 points

Umpires: D.Rich, M.Sneddon

Crowd: 23,901

Goalkickers: J.Dorotich 3, S.Kernahan 2, A.Gleeson 2, I.Herman 2, T.Alvin 2, W.Blackwell 1, S.Verbeek 1, S.Da Rui 1.

Best: T.Alvin, D.Rhys-Jones, C.Bradley, W.Blackwell, F.Brown, S.Kernahan

Reports: Wayne Johnston (Striking Leon Higgins) - 3 Matches

Injuries: S.Silvagni (cramp)

Game Review

Carlton led by a commanding 45 points at half-time only to fall in a heap and emerge with a disappointing five point loss. Greg Williams starred for the Swans and Barry Mitchell kicked the match-winning goal in the last quarter. Both were destined to don the navy Blue later in their careers.

Tommy Alvin was BOG with 22 kicks, 5 marks, 8 handballs 2 goals

Stephen Edgar looked good on his debut but a costly defensive error in the 2nd half may have been forewarning of an unfulfilled career in the AFL.

Also of note is that Simon Minton-Connell booted nine goals in the Reserves.

Team

B:	9 Stephen Edgar	37 Adrian Bassett	28 David Kernahan
HB:	5 Steve Da Rui	1 Stephen Silvagni	13 Mil Hanna
C:	21 Craig Bradley (vc)	26 David Rhys-Jones	20 Fraser Brown
HF:	7 Wayne Johnston	4 Stephen Kernahan (c)	15 Simon Verbeek
F:	25 Ian Herman	6 Jon Dorotich	12 Adrian Gleeson
Ruck:	44 Justin Madden	31 Tom Alvin	8 Wayne Blackwell
Interchange:	27 Luke O'Sullivan	45 Warren McKenzie
Emgs:	3 Richard Dennis	30 Fraser Murphy	38 Shane Robertson
Coach:	Alex Jesaulenko