| Venue: VFL Park - Waverley | Date: Saturday May 15, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Won by 12 points | Umpire: D.Jolley | Crowd: 29,195 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: T.Keogh 5, R.Walls 3, A.Gallagher 3, J.Nicholls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: S.Silvagni, R.Walls, T.Keogh, D.McKay, A.Gallagher, I.Robertson. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: B.Doull (suspected fractured cheekbone), B.Quirk (cramp) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Footscray were coming off impressive wins against Richmond and Hawthorn and looked sure to offer Carlton a stern examination.The Blues seemed to have things well under control at half-time but the Bulldogs stormed back with a superb 3rd term and led at orange time.
The Blues old-timers, Silvagni and Nicholls, and the young veteran Walls steadied the ship and the Princes Park push ultimately claimed the four points which had appeared theirs much earlier.
Team
| B: | 19 Ian Collins | 20 Geoff Southby | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 4 Bruce Doull | 43 David McKay | 21 Barry Gill |
| C: | 15 Phil Pinnell | 12 Barry Armstrong | 33 Paul Hurst |
| HF: | 5 Syd Jackson | 34 Ian Robertson | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 42 Robert Walls (vc) | 8 Trevor Keogh |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 49 Andy Lukimitis | 16 Gary Lawson-Smith | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Note: Andrew Lukimitis changed his name to Lukas and Gary Smith changed his name to Lawson-Smith in 1971.
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