Round 18, 1969
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: M.C.G. | Date: Saturday August 16, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 7 points | Umpire: Sleeth | Crowd: 27,209 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Crosswell 4, Jones 3, Gallagher 2, Crane 1, Walls 1, Jesaulenko 1 & Baird 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: Jesaulenko (twisted ankle), Thornley (bruised eye) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Last-placed Melbourne caused a huge upset when they beat the ladder-leading Blues by 7 points in this tough, entertaining contest at the MCG. With nothing to lose, and brilliantly led by their star centreman Greg Wells (who would later play in a Premiership team for the Blues) Melbourne attacked the ball and the ball-carrier with tenacity from the first bounce, and drew level with the Blues just before the three-quarter time siren. Carlton's cause wasn't helped when Alex Jesaulenko twisted an ankle and was replaced at half time by Doug Baird. At three-quarter time, Peter Kerr replaced Bert Thornley who had a bruised eye socket. Then, in a desperate last term, Melbourne kicked 5.4 to Carlton's 4.3 and won by 7 points.
Team
| B: | 19 Ian Collins (dvc) | 20 Wes Lofts (vc) | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 21 Barry Gill | 11 John Goold | 15 Phil Pinnell |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 13 Bert Thornley | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| HF: | 17 Brent Crosswell | 42 Robert Walls | 47 Neil Chandler |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 23 Ian Nicoll |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 9 Peter Kerr | 27 Doug Baird | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
