| Venue: Windy Hill | Date: Saturday April 10, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 12 points | Umpires: B.Deller & H.Lyons | Crowd: 26,687 Receipts: $29,491 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: G.Southby 4, D.McKay 4, T.Keogh 3, A.Mangels 2, R.Ohlsen 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: T.Keogh, B.Doull, D.Halloran, D.McKay, K.Heath, R.Ohlsen. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton held their league leadership place with a strong win over Essendon who took some time to find their feet, but played strongly in the second half to get within seven points in the last quarter. - Football Record.League leaders Carlton had a narrow win over Essendon at Windy Hill with Geoff Southby and David McKay each kicking four goals for the Blues. - Football Record.
Team
| B: | 19 John O'Connell | 21 Rod Austin | 18 Kevin Heath |
| HB: | 36 Mark Maclure | 11 Bruce Doull | 25 Alex Jesaulenko (c) |
| C: | 26 Ray Byrne | 9 Greg Towns | 30 Tony Pickett |
| HF: | 31 Danny Halloran | 20 Geoff Southby | 5 Syd Jackson |
| F: | 17 Rod Galt | 43 David McKay | 10 Alan Mangels |
| Ruck: | 28 Peter Jones (acting vc) | 24 Russell Ohlsen | 8 Trevor Keogh |
| Res: | 44 Eric Pascoe | 29 Garry Higgins | |
| Coach: | Ian Thorogood | ||
Milestones
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