Round 19, 1969
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 23, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 29 points | Umpire: Jolley | Crowd: 27,657 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Crosswell 6, Jesaulenko 5, Walls 3, Jones 1, Nicoll 1, Quirk 1, Jackson 1, Crane 1 & Nicholls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: I.Nicoll (bruised knee) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Furture Carlton player Bill Barrot swung the game when he was moved away from Ian Robertson in the centre to full forward and against Wes Lofts scored 8 goals. He would do it again later in the season - in the Grand Final no less.
Injuries may have played a part, with Syd Jackson replacing Ian Nicoll with a bruised knee at half time. But Barrot's burst would break this game and the Tigers would be triumphant.
Record Score
At the time, this match set a new record for the highest combined score between these two sides. But a little over two years later, it was surpassed by the 1972 Grand Final, which produced a whopping total of 327 points.
Team
| B: | 13 Bert Thornley | 20 Wes Lofts (vc) | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 21 Barry Gill | 11 John Goold | 3 Kevin Hall |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 34 Ian Robertson | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| HF: | 4 Bruce Doull | 42 Robert Walls | 17 Brent Crosswell |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 23 Ian Nicoll |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 5 Syd Jackson | 47 Neil Chandler | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Milestones
100 Games: Adrian Gallagher
