| Venue: Moorabbin Oval | Date: Saturday July 9, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 8 points | Umpires: J.Sutcliffe & N.Nash | Crowd: 21,391 Receipts $20,997 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: A.Jesaulenko 4, R.Ashman 4, M.Maclure 3, T.Keogh 2, B.Armstrong 2, P.Jones 1, R.Walls 1, D.McKay 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: B.Doull, R.Austin, B.Armstrong, R.Ashman, P.Jones, D.McKay. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Replacements: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
As most teams do in winter, Carlton had to battle hard in a dour struggle with the Saints down on their dung-heap at Moorabbin. Future Blue Val Perovic was the stand-out player on the day, he comprehensively beat Robert Walls.St Kilda showed their supporters they have plenty of heart when they kicked 6.4 in the last quarter to come within four points of Carlton in a thrilling finish at Moorabbin and still recorded their highest ever tally in 151 games against the Blues. The Saints nine goals in the second quarter almost paved the way for their first home win against the Blues since 1973, but they went down by eight points at the finish. Carlton did manage to score their best total at Moorabbin since the Saints moved there in 1965 in what was a very entertaining game. - Football Record.
St Kilda kicked 6.4 in the last quarter to come within four points of Carlton in a thrilling match at Moorabbin. Although the Saints went down it was their highest ever score against the Blues. - Football Record.
Team
| B: | 7 Graeme Whitnall | 21 Rod Austin | 18 Kevin Heath |
| HB: | 11 Bruce Doull | 36 Mark Maclure | 26 Ray Byrne |
| C: | 32 Leigh McConnon | 12 Barry Armstrong | 30 Tony Pickett |
| HF: | 43 David McKay | 42 Robert Walls (c) | 9 Greg Towns |
| F: | 1 Jim Canfield | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 10 Alan Mangels |
| Ruck: | 28 Peter Jones (vc) | 8 Trevor Keogh | 14 Rod Ashman |
| Res: | 19 Michael Young | 16 Jim Buckley | |
| Coach: | Ian Thorogood | ||
Milestones
Debut: Michael YoungLast Game (Carlton): Leigh McConnon
Interesting Fact: This would appear to be the last game in which Carlton would play 5 Tasmanians - Jones, Young, McConnon, Towns and Pickett.
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