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Venue: Optus Oval | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Sun 4 April, 2004 | Result: Win by 54 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: Stevic, Woodcock, Morris | Crowd: 25,037 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Fevola 5, Camporeale 4, Whitnall 2, Clarke, Fisher, Hulme, Kenna, Lappin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton would host a depleted Geelong side, missing a number of experienced players. The Cats were the better side early but the Blues slowly got on top, keeping the Cats goalless in the second quarter, while adding 4 goals themselves. A 6 goal to 2 third quarter and a 4 goal to 1 final quarter would see the Blues run out 9 goal winners.Scott Camporeale provided plenty of midfield drive, with 32 penetrating possessions and 4 very good goals, in a best on ground performance. He was assisted by Heath Scotland, who had 29. Ryan Houlihan, Karl Norman and Matthew Lappin provided plenty of drive out of defence. Brendan Fevola was a constant target up forward, kicking 5 goals.
Team
| B: | 15 David Teague | 32 Bret Thornton | 34 Simon Wiggins |
| HB: | 33 Ryan Houlihan | 37 Karl Norman | 12 Matthew Lappin |
| C: | 10 Brett Johnson | 31 Jordan Bannister | 36 Trent Sporn |
| HF: | 29 Heath Scotland | 8 Lance Whitnall (vc) | 16 Scott Camporeale (a/c) |
| F: | 14 Brad Fisher | 25 Brendan Fevola | 3 Digby Morrell |
| Ruck: | 11 Barnaby French | 28 Ian Prendergast | 27 Darren Hulme |
| Interchange: | |||
| 2 Daniel Harford, 9 David Clarke , 26 Adrian Deluca, 17 Stephen Kenna | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
| Emg: | Justin Davies | Cory McGrath | Jonathon McCormick |
Milestones
Score Records: This win ended Carlton's equal third-longest losing streak in our historyBrownlow Votes
3: Scott Camporeale (CARL)2: Heath Scotland (CARL)
1: Ryan Houlihan (CARL)
Best & Fairest Votes
Scott Camporeale (45), Heath Scotland (38), Ryan Houlihan, Karl Norman (37), Brendan Fevola (29), Bret Thornton (27), Matthew Lappin (25), Jordan Bannister (21), Digby Morrell (18), David Clarke jnr, David Teague (16), Lance Whitnall (10), Barnaby French (9), Darren Hulme, Trent Sporn (5)Round 1 | Round 3