Round 15, 1963
| Venue: Windy Hill | Date: Saturday August 17, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 6 points | Umpire: R.Brophy | Crowd: 29,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: B.Cox 3, I.Collins 2, P.Barry 1, T.Best 1, J.Comben 1, J.Gill 1, G.Hardie 1, S.Silvagni 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: B.Cox (BOG), J.Comben, J.Nicholls, J.Gill, J.Williams, C.Stewart, J.James. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: M.Kick (knee) replaced at half time by T.Best. B.Buckley (sprained ankle) replaced by P.Barry late in third quarter. <HB/td> | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton's bustling centreman Berkley Cox had re-invented himself as a dangerous half-forward flanker during this season, and he featured again in this game - kicking three goals as the Navy Blues beat Essendon by six points in a thrilling and willing contest at Windy Hill.
The Bombers dropped to fifth after this defeat, and Carlton remained sixth.
A strong breeze favoured the outer goal all day. Carlton kicked with the wind in the first quarter and perhaps they should have made better use of it. Essendon scored five goals in the second term. Again Carlton failed to take advantage of the wind in the third term with both teams scoring 1.3. With only 2 points in it at the last break the Dons looked like they would go on to win. However, the Blues jumped the home team in the last term. Against the wind the Blues kicked three unanswered goals. Peter Barry a clever left foot snap. A nice running drop kicked goal by Trevor Best and strong bullocking work and goal by Berkley Cox to give the Blues a match winning twenty-one point lead mid way through the quarter. Carlton then withstood a mini Essendon resurgence to hold on for a great win by six points. See below for link to view the final quarter. Second gamer Dave Rogers played well at full back. His marking and drop kicking a highlight. John Reilly was moved to the back pocket to replace Brian Buckley and regular full back Peter Barry came on to play the forward pocket role. Centreman Murray Kick missed the second half with a knee injury, a pinched cartilage. On Monday, The Age reported that the club may have misdiagnosed the injury, as there was no swelling overnight and Murray may be able to resume training.
Marks
Carlton 71 Essendon 69
Free Kicks
Carlton 36 Essendon 32
Team
| B: | 8 John Benetti | 29 Dave Rogers | 4 Brian Buckley |
| HB: | 26 Graeme Anderson | 20 Wes Lofts | 10 John James |
| C: | 25 John Comben | 30 Murray Kick | 39 Cliff Stewart |
| HF: | 19 Ian Collins | 12 John Gill | 9 Berkley Cox |
| F: | 16 Maurie Sankey | 1 Serge Silvagni (vc) | 15 Greg Hardie |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 28 John Reilly | 7 Bruce Williams |
| Res: | 18 Peter Barry | 6 Trevor Best | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: P. Barry
Out: K. Hall
Video: Last Quarter
Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqTmkMRUuAc
Courtesy of the Rhettrospective site.
