Round 20, 1968
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Venue: Arden St | Date: Saturday 31 August 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Won by 21 points | Umpire: Matheson | Crowd: 16,189 Receipts: $6,827 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: B.Kekovich 5, J.Nicholls 3, B.Quirk 2, I.Robertson 2, D.Munari 1, A.Gallagher 1, B.Bennett 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: J.Nicholls, B.Kekovich, J.Goold, A.Gallagher, I.Robertson. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: A.Jesaulenko (hip), B.Quirk (migraine). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ladder: 2nd with 15 wins, 5 losses (12 teams) and a percentage of 130.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
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Carlton were in complete control all day and although they slowed up in the last quarter, ran out easy winners. They climbed to second place on the ladder and secured a double chance in the finals.
Nicholls was Best on Ground again with a great ruck display, whilst Kekovich kicked 5 goals. Robertson, Goold, Gill, Gallagher, Munari and Bennett were also good. For North, Dugdale, Dwyer, Kekovich, Allison and Steward were in the best players.
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Team
| B: | 19 Ian Collins | 20 Wes Lofts | 41 Ron Auchettl |
| HB: | 11 John Goold | 42 Robert Walls | 21 Barry Gill |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 47 Neil Chandler | 34 Ian Robertson |
| HF: | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 12 Bill Bennett | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 16 Brian Kekovich | 8 Dennis Munari |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 37 Peter Smith | 36 Peter McLean | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Milestones
First game as Captain: John Nicholls John took over from Captain-Coach Ron Barassi who last week retired from playing. John Nicholls was Carlton captain in 1963
Interesting Fact: This was the first of two consecutive away wins against this opponent at exactly the same margin, a feat we've managed 6 times in our entire VFL to AFL history.
--- Round 19 | Semi Final
