Round 15, 1961

Carlton 3.3 21 9.6 60 15.6 96 17.9 111 Sth Melbourne 3.2 20 4.6 30 4.7 31 7.10 52	Venue: Princes Park	Date: Saturday August 5, 1961
Result: Win by 59 points	Umpire:	Crowd: 16,889
Goalkickers: M.Cross 8, T.Carroll 3, G.Collis 2, J.Benetti 1, B.Bryant 1, B.Buckley 1, B.Cox 1.
Reports:	Injuries:

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Game Review

In this controversial clash at Princes Park, Carlton's elusive rover Martin Cross kicked 8 goals, but his great effort was overshadowed by the sensational clash between Ken Boyd of South Melbourne, and Carlton's acting captain John Nicholls - when the pair resumed hostilities that had erupted during their previous meeting in round 4.

In a post-game interview, Boyd admitted punching Nicholls after a boundary throw-in. The VFL stepped in and charged him, and Boyd was suspended for 12 weeks. He never played VFL football again.

Meanwhile, Tom Carroll's three goals at full-forward for Carlton gave him a total of 42, and extended his lead at the top of the goal-kicking table to six.

Team

B:	10 John James (acting vc)	25 George Ferry	4 Brian Buckley
HB:	32 Vasil Varlamos	20 Wes Lofts	14 Bob Crowe
C:	11 Barry Bryant	9 Berkley Cox	30 Murray Kick
HF:	19 Ian Collins	17 Gordon Collis	8 John Benetti
F:	18 Peter Barry	22 Tom Carroll	23 Martin Cross
Ruck:	2 John Nicholls (acting capt.)	1 Serge Silvagni	37 John Heathcote
Res:	31 John Williams	7 Bruce Williams
Coach:	Ken Hands

In: G. Ferry, J. Williams, B. Bryant, M. Kick
Out: B. Comben, C. Pavlou, G. Donaldson, M. Sankey

Milestones

Debut: Murray Kick

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