| Venue: Brunswick St Oval | Date: Saturday August 18, 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Match Drawn | Umpire: | Crowd: 17,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: K.Warburton 5, B.Milroy 2, D.Beasy 1, B.Comben 1, F.Davies 1, T.Jones 1, F.Stafford 1, H.Sullivan 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
With their season looking more and more like a train wreck, the Navy Blues faced finals-bound Fitzroy on their home turf in this match, and went within a whisker of pulling off another upset. Trailing by 23 points at half-time, the visitors launched a spirited comeback, and were desperately unlucky not to snatch the four points.
In his debut game for Carlton, former North Melbourne ruckman Bill Milroy was almost a hero when he snapped a brilliant goal with scores level in the dying moments, to give his side a great victory. But joy turned to despair when the field umpire disallowed the score, ruling that Milroy had kicked the ball a split-second after the siren.
The Blues remained eighth on the ladder, two points behind Richmond, and six points ahead of North Melbourne.
Team
| B: | 30 George Stafford | 27 Ollie Grieve | 24 Harry Caspar |
| HB: | 35 Jack Conley | 16 John Brown | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 11 Laurie Kerr | 18 Alan Thynne | 8 Arthur Hodgson |
| HF: | 14 Vin English | 3 Harry Sullivan | 10 Fred Stafford |
| F: | 29 Bill Milroy | 7 Keith Warburton | 17 Doug Beasy |
| Ruck: | 28 Fred Davies (acting capt.) | 20 Tom Jones | 15 Bruce Comben |
| Res: | 25 Jim Baird | 9 Jack Mills | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Changes
IN: B.Milroy, T.Jones, G.StaffordOUT: K.Hands, D.Calder, J.Blake
Milestones
Debut: Tom Jones and George StaffordDebut (Carlton): Bill Milroy
Round 15 | Round 17