Round 4, 1972

Carlton 4.5 29 7.9 51 10.10 70 15.14 104 Richmond 3.7 25 6.10 46 12.18 90 15.19 109	Venue: Princes Park	Date: Saturday April 22, 1972
Result: Lost by 5 points	Umpire: Ian Coates	Crowd: 28,536
Goalkickers: A.Gallagher 3, S.Jackson 3, G.Kennedy 3, R.Walls 3, B.Armstrong 1, P.Jones 1, J.Nicholls 1.
Best: G.Southby, G.Kennedy, A.Jesaulenko, P.Hurst, S.Jackson, R.Walls.
Reports: Brent Crosswell (striking, and abusive language toward umpire I. Coates) - 4 matches.
Injuries: B. Armstrong (sprained ankle) replaced by D.Dickson in last quarter. J.O'Connell (jarred heel) replaced by A.Lukas in last quarter

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Game Review

Carlton lost this fierce encounter by five points, and was sent tumbling out of the top five. "Tiger" Crosswell was reported on two charges, and subsequently suspended for four matches. But the club appealed against the decision, and he was able to play in round five pending another hearing. Alas, Crosswell's appeal was dismissed, and he was out of the team from round 6 - dealing a blow to the Blues early in a season that was already shaping as an epic contest between Richmond, Carlton, Essendon and St Kilda.

I was proud of the boys - the way they fought it out in the last quarter. When we hit the front in the last term, and held the lead for 10 minutes I thought we had it won, but we didn't make the most of our chances in those final minutes and Richmond did. That was the difference. - John Nicholls.



Image: courtesy Kevin McNair

Team

B:	19 John O'Connell	20 Geoff Southby	30 Vin Waite
HB:	15 Phil Pinnell	11 Bruce Doull	33 Paul Hurst
C:	8 Trevor Keogh	25 Alex Jesaulenko	32 Bryan Quirk
HF:	17 Brent Crosswell	42 Robert Walls (vc)	5 Syd Jackson
F:	28 Peter Jones	16 Greg Kennedy	12 Barry Armstrong
Ruck:	2 John Nicholls (cc)	43 David McKay	10 Adrian Gallagher
Res:	7 Andy Lukas	27 David Dickson
Coach:	John Nicholls

Changes

In : G. Kennedy
Out : P.Fyffe

Note: Andrew Lukimitis had changed his name to Lukas from 1971.

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