| Venue: Optus Oval | Date: Sunday April 19, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 2 points | Umpires: Nash, Norden, Mitchell | Crowd: 29,196 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: P.Dean, A.Koutoufides 2, C.Bradley, A.Hamill, D.Hulme, J.Murphy, B.Pearce, S.Silvagni 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: G.Manton, F.Brown, A.Koutoufides, A.McKay, A.Hamill, S.Silvagni. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: B.Pearce, S.Silvagni (1 week each). | Injuries: Nil. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton's second very close loss in a row must have broken the hearts of the players, in a season we spent largely out of the race for the finals - indeed we were last at Round 13. It was neck and neck for most of the match, with Melbourne extending their 1 point buffer and 3 quarter time by another point to take the game and move into the top 4.Fraser Brown was our best with 28 possessions and 3 tackles.
Team
| B: | 21 Craig Bradley (c) | 1 Stephen Silvagni (vc) | 22 Glenn Manton |
| HB: | 5 Andrew McKay | 14 Michael Sexton | 23 Dean Rice |
| C: | 43 Anthony Koutoufides | 7 Brett Ratten | 16 Scott Camporeale |
| HF: | 36 Aaron Hamill | 8 Lance Whitnall | 34 Ron De Iulio |
| F: | 24 Matthew Allan | 19 Brad Pearce | 33 Matthew Hogg |
| Ruck: | 11 Mark Porter | 20 Fraser Brown | 18 Justin Murphy |
| Interchange: | |||
| 35 Peter Dean, 17 Damien Lock, 12 Jacob Anstey, 27 Darren Hulme | |||
| Coach: | David Parkin | ||
| Emg: | Simon Beaumont | Matt Clape | Adam White |
| In: | Craig Bradley | Glenn Manton | Justin Murphy |
| Out: | Simon Beaumont | Matt Clape | Adam White |
Brownlow Votes
3: Todd Viney (MELB)2: Fraser Brown (CARL)
1: Guy Rigoni (MELB)
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