Round 11, 1960
| Venue: MCG | Date: Saturday July 9, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 13 points | Umpire: Beitzel | Crowd: 29,741 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Williams 3, L.Brereton 1, G.Donaldson 1, W.Lofts 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: G.Gilchrist (bruised thigh), G.Donaldson (cut mouth) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
After ten rounds of the season, Melbourne were clear ladder leaders, a massive 35 percentage points clear of Essendon, Collingwood and Fitzroy. Therefore, the inconsistant Blues were given little chance of knocking over the Demons on their home turf at the MCG - but they gave it a real shake.
Carlton actually led by 14 points at half-time, and trailed by eight at the last change. We matched the Demons in general play again in the last term, but were dreadfully inaccurate in front of goal - scoring a miserable 9 behinds only, and losing by 13 points.
Carlton fell to eighth on the table - ten points out of the four, and with any chance of a finals berth now gone.
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben (c) | 25 George Ferry | 16 Maurie Sankey |
| HB: | 19 Denis Zeunert | 14 Bob Crowe | 10 John James |
| C: | 11 Barry Bryant | 28 Graham Gilchrist | 23 John Chick (vc) |
| HF: | 7 Bruce Williams | 1 Serge Silvagni | 39 John O'Keefe |
| F: | 31 John Williams | 20 Wes Lofts | 35 Chris Pavlou |
| Ruck: | 13 Graham Donaldson (dvc) | 4 Brian Buckley | 6 Leo Brereton |
| Res: | 22 Denis Strauch | 30 Jack Sullivan | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
Changes
In: B.Comben, G.Ferry, G. Donaldson, B. Williams Out: B.Cox, D.McCulloch, B.Smith, M. Miers
Milestones
50 Games: Leo Brereton
Last Game: Denis Strauch
