Round 12, 1961
| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday July 8, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 32 points | Umpire: Hodgson | Crowd: 14,636 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: M.Cross 2, S.Silvagni 2, P.Barry 1, T.Carroll 1, G.Collis 1, J.Heathcote 1, B.Williams 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: B.Cox (bruised thigh) replaced by W.Lofts in the last quarter. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
B. Williams replaced B.Arch (jarred thumb) in selected side.
Already facing an uphill task against third-placed St Kilda, the Blues emerged from a tough week on the training track to face the Saints without their two first-choice ruckmen in Graham Donaldson and John Nicholls - who were both out injured. On a bleak Saturday afternoon in the rain at Princes Park, Maurie Sankey and Max Miers stepped into the breach, and led a committed Carlton combination to a much-needed win.
Although this was Carlton's first victory in six matches, remarkably, the Blues were still in finals contention - sitting eighth, but only four points behind the fourth-placed Saints. Although Tom Carroll kicked only one goal for the game, he remained in second spot on the goal-kicking table with 31 majors - three behind the leader, Doug Wade of Geelong.
Don Nicholls, older brother of future Carlton legend John, played his last game for the Navy Blues on this day.
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben | 12 Don Nicholls | 4 Brian Buckley |
| HB: | 32 Vasil Varlamos | 14 Bob Crowe | 10 John James (acting capt.) |
| C: | 37 John Heathcote | 9 Berkley Cox | 35 Chris Pavlou |
| HF: | 19 Ian Collins | 17 Gordon Collis | 18 Peter Barry |
| F: | 26 Max Miers | 22 Tom Carroll | 23 Martin Cross |
| Ruck: | 16 Maurie Sankey | 1 Serge Silvagni | 7 Bruce Williams |
| Res: | 31 John Williams | 20 Wes Lofts | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: D. Nicholls, J. Williams, B. Williams, P. Barry Out: J. Nicholls (inj), G. Ferry, B. Arch (inj), D. McCulloch
Milestones
Last Game : Don Nicholls
