| Venue: Junction Oval | Date: Saturday May 23, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 48 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 25,300 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: T.Thiessen 2, J.Comben 1, B.Cox 1, J.Miller 1, J.Nicholls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Gordon Collis (Striking Alan Morrow) - Not Guilty; Berkley Cox (Striking Carl Ditterich) - 4 Matches. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
St Kilda rubbed salt into Carlton's wounds by kicking six goals to nil in the last quarter of this fiery game at the Junction Oval, and ran out very easy winners. Two Blues; Berkley Cox and Gordon Collis, were reported for striking. The exoneration of Collis would prove highly significant later in the year, when Gordon capped off an individually brilliant season by winning the 1964 Brownlow Medal. On the other hand, Cox had only returned to the side in round 4 after serving a suspension incurred in the 1963 night series. This time, he was found guilty of striking the fearsome Carl Ditterich, and outed for another four weeks. Clearly, Berkley was a man with no sense of self-preservation....
On this bleak day for the Blues, there was one ray of sunshine - the debut game of champion rover Adrian Gallagher.
Team
| B: | 8 John Benetti | 17 Gordon Collis | 28 John Reilly |
| HB: | 14 Bob Crowe | 26 Graeme Anderson | 35 Doug Ringholt |
| C: | 39 Cliff Stewart | 19 Ian Collins | 33 Jim Pleydell |
| HF: | 9 Berkley Cox | 24 Tony Thiessen | 11 John Goold |
| F: | 16 Maurie Sankey (vc) | 22 Jim 'Frosty' Miller | 23 Ian Nankervis |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls | 1 Serge Silvagni (c) | 25 John Comben |
| Res: | 3 Kevin Hall | 10 Adrian Gallagher | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: A. Gallagher, J. Pleydell
Out: B. Buckley, T. Best
Milestones
Debut: Adrian Gallagher, Jim PleydellLast game: Doug Ringholt
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