Round 18, 1961
| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 26, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 1 point | Umpire: | Crowd: 21,863 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: T.Carroll 5, G.Collis 3, S.Silvagni 2, B.Buckley 1, G.Gilchrist 1, J.Nicholls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton captain Graham Donaldson won the toss, and kicked with the aid of a strong breeze to the Lygon Street end of Princes Park in this game, allowing the Blues to set up a 20-point advantage at the last change. But the wind freshened further as the last quarter began, and the Demons overhauled a spent Carlton in the last few minutes to win by one point.
Afterwards, Carlton farewelled two stalwarts; George Ferry and Graham Gilchrist, as well as handy wingman Barry Bryant.
It was a disappointing end to the season - although first-year full-forward Tom Carroll welcomed his cousin Jim into Carlton's team, before booting another haul of 5 goals. Tom's tally of 54 for the year edged out Geelong's Doug Wade by three, and clinched the VFL top goal-kicker award for the exciting recruit from Ganmain, NSW.
A few days later, brilliant defender Johnny James lifted Carlton's spirits further when he was a deserving winner of the game's highest individual honour; the Brownlow Medal.
Team
| B: | 10 John James (acting vc) | 25 George Ferry | 4 Brian Buckley |
| HB: | 32 Vasil Varlamos | 20 Wes Lofts | 9 Berkley Cox |
| C: | 11 Barry Bryant | 28 Graham Gilchrist | 30 Murray Kick |
| HF: | 19 Ian Collins | 17 Gordon Collis | 18 Peter Barry |
| F: | 1 Serge Silvagni | 22 Tom Carroll | 23 Martin Cross |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (acting capt.) | 31 John Williams | 37 John Heathcote |
| Res: | 42 Jim Carroll | 8 John Benetti | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: B. Buckley, B. Cox, J. Carroll
Out: B. Arch, B. Crowe, B. Holcombe
Milestones
Debut: Jim Carroll
Last games: George Ferry, Graham Gilchrist and Barry Bryant.
