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Venue: Arden St | Date: Saturday 31 August 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Won by 21 points | Umpire: Matheson | Crowd: 16,189 Receipts: $6,827 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: B.Kekovich 5, J.Nicholls 3, B.Quirk 2, I.Robertson 2, D.Munari 1, A.Gallagher 1, B.Bennett 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: J.Nicholls, B.Kekovich, J.Goold, A.Gallagher, I.Robertson. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: A.Jesaulenko (hip), B.Quirk (migraine). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ladder: 2nd with 15 wins, 5 losses (12 teams) and a percentage of 130.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review 
Carlton were in complete control all day and although they slowed up in the last quarter, ran out easy winners. They climbed to second place on the ladder and secured a double chance in the finals.
Nicholls was Best on Ground again with a great ruck display, whilst Kekovich kicked 5 goals. Robertson, Goold, Gill, Gallagher, Munari and Bennett were also good. For North, Dugdale, Dwyer, Kekovich, Allison and Steward were in the best players.
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Team
| B: | 19 Ian Collins | 20 Wes Lofts | 41 Ron Auchettl |
| HB: | 11 John Goold | 42 Robert Walls | 21 Barry Gill |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 47 Neil Chandler | 34 Ian Robertson |
| HF: | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 12 Bill Bennett | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 16 Brian Kekovich | 8 Dennis Munari |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 37 Peter Smith | 36 Peter McLean | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Milestones
First game as Captain: John Nicholls John took over from Captain-Coach Ron Barassi who last week retired from playing. John Nicholls was Carlton captain in 1963Interesting Fact: This was the first of two consecutive away wins against this opponent at exactly the same margin, a feat we've managed 6 times in our entire VFL to AFL history.
Round 19 | Semi Final