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Carlton
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5.5
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35
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8.7
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55
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10.8
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68
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12.9
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81
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Melbourne
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3.1
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19
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7.6
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48
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8.7
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55
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12.8
|
80
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| Venue: |
Punt Road Oval
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| Date: |
Saturday 7 July 1945
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| Result: |
Won by 1 point
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| Crowd: |
16,000
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| Goalkickers: |
M. Price 5, H. Turner 2, L. Collins 2, J. Baird, R. Hines, A.Way 1.
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| Reports: |
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| Umpire: |
McIntyre
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| Injuries: |
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| Best: |
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Game Review
Rover Mick Price kicked 5 goals this day, as Carlton held on to beat Melbourne. The Demons stormed home, closing the margin from 25 points with ten minutes to go, to 1 point at the final siren. It was a crucial victory that lifted Carlton to 7th position.
Team
| B: | 18 Arthur Sanger | 15 Vin Brown | 14 Rod McLean (vc) |
| HB: | 6 Bob Chitty (c) | 21 Ken Baxter | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 12 Doug Williams | 10 Clinton Wines | 11 Ron Hines |
| HF: | 4 Alec Way | 1 Ken Hands | 2 Ken Hopper |
| F: | 25 Jim Baird | 5 Lance Collins | 7 Herb Turner |
| Ruck: | 3 Jack Bennett | 19 Frank McGrath | 30 Mick Price |
| 19th Man: | 17 Dan Beauvais |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley |
Milestones
Last Game: Dan Beauvais
Round 11 |
Round 13
