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Venue: Kardinia Park | Date: Saturday 13 April 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 9 points | Umpire: Mike Henry | Crowd: 21,043 Receipts: $18,422 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: S.Jackson 5, R.Walls 3, B.Armstrong 1, R.Ashman 1, B.Walsh 1, A.Jesaulenko 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: B.Armstrong, S.Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: J.Nicholls (ankle), A.Jesaulenko (back) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Cats, second-bottom in 1973 and a bad first-round loser to the Bulldogs, surprised the Blues with a narrow home win.Carlton enjoyed the use of the breeze in the first quarter to post a 5 goal advanatage. Geelond replied with an emphatic 8 goals to 1 when they had their first chance to use the wind. The Blues failed to make the most of their opportunities in the third adding only 1-6 whilst the Cats managed 3-4.
Despite playing possibly their best football of the afternoon, attempting to overhaul a 19 point deficit kicking against the strong wind in the final term proved too much for the Blues. The Cats 3 straight was enough to see off our boys who registered 4-4.
Interestingly, contemporary reports comment on Geelong's "amazing 98 handballs" as the "story of the game". The Blues had 38 handballs.
Team
| B: | 19 John O'Connell | 20 Geoff Southby | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 15 Phil Pinnell | 11 Bruce Doull | 26 Ray Byrne |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 12 Barry Armstrong | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| HF: | 43 David McKay | 42 Robert Walls (vc) | 5 Syd Jackson |
| F: | 2 John Nicholls (cc) | 25 Alex Jesaulenko (dvc) | 14 Rod Ashman |
| Ruck: | 28 Peter Jones | 8 Trevor Keogh | 18 Brian Walsh |
| Res: | 23 Craig Davis | 33 Paul Hurst | |
| Coach: | John Nicholls | ||
Milestones
50 Games: John O'ConnellRound 1 | Round 3