Qualifying Final, 1975

Carlton	4.1	25	9.1	55	11.2	68	12.4	76
Nth Melbourne	4.6	30	9.8	62	12.10	82	14.12	96

Venue: M.C.G.

Date: Saturday September 6, 1975

Result: Lose by 20 points

Umpire: M.Henry

Crowd: 74,015

Goalkickers: R.Walls 4, T.Keogh 2, D.McKay 2, P.Jones 2, R.Ashman 1, R.Austin 1.

Best: B.Doull, G.Southby, M.Maclure, C.Davis, R.Ashman, R.Walls, G.Crane.

Reports: Nil

Injuries: A.Jesaulenko (knee).

Replacements: S.Jackson by R.Ohlsen at half time. A.Jesaulenko (knee) by B.Quirk in last quarter.

Game Review

As soon as the rains came at half time, Carlton's chances were 'washed' away!!! Carlton was not a wet weather team in the mid 70's (this changed to some extent by the early 80's).

However, their poor form over the previous few weeks was an indicator of how this game would turn out.

Player Statistics

Team

B:	19 John O'Connell	20 Geoff Southby	30 Vin Waite
HB:	25 Alex Jesaulenko (c)	11 Bruce Doull	36 Mark Maclure
C:	26 Ray Byrne	5 Syd Jackson	6 Garry Crane
HF:	21 Rod Austin	42 Robert Walls (vc)	43 David McKay
F:	3 Mike Fitzpatrick	23 Craig Davis	14 Rod Ashman
Ruck:	28 Peter Jones (dvc)	8 Trevor Keogh	12 Barry Armstrong
Res:	24 Russell Ohlsen	32 Bryan Quirk
Coach:	John Nicholls