| Venue: VFL Park | Date: Friday April 25, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 16 points | Umpires: P.Howe & R.Sawers | Crowd: 68,151 Receipts: $278,628 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: T.Alvin 2, R.Ashman 2, K.Hunter 2, P.Kenny 1, S.Kourkourmelis 1, M.Maclure 1, P.Motley 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: P.Meldrum, J.Madden, W.Johnston, W.Blackwell, T.Alvin, C.Bradley. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: F.Dunnell (Ess) striking W.Blackwell & D.Williams (Ess) time-wasting. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: P.Motley (cut eye). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Whilst the hoodoo was broken a year ago, this was a far more meritorious victory. The hoodoo breaking game was against an injury ravaged Essendon who were always going to win the flag that year.This game was a genuine contest between 2 premiership contenders.
A best on ground was the outcome of an outstanding game by Carlton utility Paul Meldrum. As a result of this, Meldrum has moved into second place on the Inside Football Player of the Year behind team-mate Craig Bradley. Meldrum provided a lot of drive for his Blues team-mates and was well supported by Wayne Johnston who was also in the votes. - Inside Football.
Team
| B: | 23 Paul Meldrum | 6 Jon Dorotich | 35 Peter Dean |
| HB: | 9 Ken Hunter (vc) | 11 Bruce Doull | 31 Tom Alvin |
| C: | 41 Peter Rohde | 21 Craig Bradley | 8 Wayne Blackwell |
| HF: | 7 Wayne Johnston | 36 Mark Maclure (c) | 2 Peter Motley |
| F: | 4 Stephen Kernahan | 40 Peter Kenny | 14 Rod Ashman |
| Ruck: | 44 Justin Madden | 28 Spiro Kourkoumelis | 10 Brad Shine |
| Interchange: | 19 Rohan Burke | 39 Mark Williams | |
| Emgs: | 20 Rhett Baynes | 26 David Rhys-Jones | 38 Shane Robertson |
| Coach: | Robert Walls | ||
From Round 4 In: Ken Hunter Out: Shane Robertson.
Wayne Blackwell 25 disposals, Wayne Johnston 24 and Craig Bradley 22.
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