Round 6, 1990

Carlton	3.1	19	6.7	43	14.8	92	20.13	133
Nth Melbourne	4.6	30	8.11	59	11.15	81	14.19	103

Venue: Princes Park

Date: Saturday May 5, 1990

Result: Win by 30 points

Umpires: M.Bird, J.Russo

Crowd: 17,761

Goalkickers: P.Sartori 4, G.Hawker 3, S.Kernahan 3, D.Rhys-Jones 2, T.Alvin 2, T.Rieniets 2, J.Madden 2, A.Gleeson 1, F.Murphy 1.

Best: G.Hawker, J.Madden, S.Kernahan, T.Alvin, P.Meldrum, S.Silvagni, D.Glascott.

Reports: Nil

Injuries: A.Gleeson (cut forehead)

Game Review

In the wake of the their defeat by Footscray in the previous round – an effort deemed “shameful” by their coach Alex Jesaulenko – the Blues were driven hard on the track during the week, and it worked. Trailing North Melbourne by 11 points at three-quarter time in this game at Princes Park, Carlton charged home over the top of the Shinboners to claim a much-needed victory by five goals.

Back pocket ‘Molly’ Meldrum (29 possessions) was the star in solid win by the Blues, with a good spread of goal-kickers throughout the forward line and midfield. Tim Rieniets made a notable debut off the bench, booting goals with his first two kicks.

However, Carlton still sat tenth on the ladder, with a poor percentage of 88.7. Meanwhile at the top, Melbourne suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of Sydney at the SCG, and dropped to second behind West Coast. Essendon, Hawthorn and St Kilda made up the top five.

Team

B:	23 Paul Meldrum	26 David Rhys-Jones	35 Peter Dean
HB:	31 Tom Alvin	1 Stephen Silvagni	13 Mil Hanna
C:	37 Adrian Bassett	21 Craig Bradley (vc)	32 David Glascott
HF:	14 Michael Sexton	4 Stephen Kernahan (c)	11 Glenn Hawker
F:	24 Jamie Dunlop	18 Peter Sartori	33 Mark Majerczak
Ruck:	44 Justin Madden	5 Steve Da Rui	12 Adrian Gleeson
Interchange:	36 Tim Rieniets	30 Fraser Murphy
Coach:	Alex Jesaulenko