Round 5, 1963
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: Punt Rd | Date: Saturday May 18, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 2 points | Umpire: Don Blew | Crowd: 25,400 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: G.Collis 2, P.Falconer 2, M.Sankey 2, B.Williams 2, T.Carroll 1, J.James 1, J.Nicholls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: V.Varlamos (concussion) replaced by B.McMaster-Smith at three quarter time. P.Falconer (ankle) replaced by K.Greenwood in last quarter. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
This was yet another close shave for the Blues, who couldn't shake off a persistant Richmond on their home turf, and only just got home in captain John Nicholls' 100th game.
Unbeaten top side, Carlton had to fight furiously to hold off a strong challenge from 10th side Richmond. The Tigers trailed by seven points at the last change and failed by only two points in downing the League leaders. - Football Record.
A thorn-in-the side for future Carlton teams, Bill Barrot was named best on the ground in The Age.
Team
| B: | 8 John Benetti | 18 Peter Barry | 4 Brian Buckley |
| HB: | 32 Vasil Varlamos | 20 Wes Lofts | 14 Bob Crowe |
| C: | 25 John Comben | 9 Berkley Cox | 30 Murray Kick |
| HF: | 10 John James | 17 Gordon Collis | 12 John Gill |
| F: | 16 Maurie Sankey | 22 Tom Carroll | 36 Peter Falconer |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni (vc) | 7 Bruce Williams |
| Res: | 5 Ken Greenwood | 40 Bruce McMaster-Smith | |
| Coach: | Ken Hands | ||
In: B. Crowe, K. Greenwood, P. Falconer
Out: I. Collins, J. Reilly, G. Hardie
Bruce Williams (?) and Tom Carroll (?) - Sankey marking
Spirit of Carlton image
Note:
The last Carlton game at Punt Road.
Milestones
100 Games: John Nicholls
