Round 6, 2004

Carlton 1.3 9 2.5 17 4.7 31 8.7 55 Melbourne 6.3 39 12.5 77 19.9 123 25.10 160	Venue: MCG
Date: Sun 2 May 2004	Result: Loss by 105 points
Umpires: McLaren, Rowston, Hendrie	Crowd: 38,799
Goalkickers: Whitnall 3, Fevola 2, Camporeale, Davies, Houlihan, Whitnall 1
Reports: Nil	Injuries: Sporn (foot)

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Game Review

Just as it looked like Carlton was improving from its dismal performances of 2002 and 2003, after 2 wins and 3 competitive losses from its first 5 matches, it suffered a 105 point thrashing at the hands of Melbourne. It was a wet Sunday afternoon, which appeared to make scoring difficult for the Blues, with just one goal in each of the first 2 quarters. The Demons, however, managed 6 goals in both quarters and while the Blues managed 2 and 4 goals in the final 2 quarters, the Demons added 7 and 6.

Ryan Houlihan and Nick Stevens were among the few good Carlton players, with 24 disposals each. Bret Thornton kept Neitz to just 2 goals and the result might have been worse if not for that.

Team

B:	18 Glen Bowyer	32 Bret Thornton	37 Karl Norman
HB:	1 Andrew Walker	15 David Teague	33 Ryan Houlihan
C:	36 Trent Sporn	10 Brett Johnson	13 Justin Davies
HF:	16 Scott Camporeale (a/c)	8 Lance Whitnall (vc)	12 Matthew Lappin
F:	31 Jordan Bannister	25 Brendan Fevola	3 Digby Morrell
Ruck:	26 Adrian Deluca	29 Heath Scotland	24 Nick Stevens
Interchange:	11 Barnaby French	28 Ian Prendergast	34 Simon Wiggins
	41 Jonathon McCormick
Coach:	Denis Pagan
Emg:	David Clarke jnr.	Darren Hulme	13 Justin Davies*
In:	Simon Wiggins
Out:	David Clarke jnr.

-*Davies was a late replacement for Koutoufides who was named but failed to come up

Milestones

Score Records: This is Melbourne's highest ever score against Carlton

Brownlow Votes

3: Cameron Bruce (MELB)
2: Adem Yze (MELB)
1: Jeff White (MELB)

Best & Fairest Votes

Bret Thornton (32), Adrian Deluca (25), David Teague, Andrew Walker (14), Nick Stevens (10), Ryan Houlihan (9), Simon Wiggins (4)

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