Preliminary Final, 1976

Carlton 2.1 13 5.5 35 7.9 51 9.12 66 Nth Melbourne 1.0 6 4.2 26 7.7 49 10.7 67	Venue: Waverley Park
Date: September 18, 1976	Result: Loss by 1 point
Umpires: Ian Robinson, Kevin Smith	Crowd: 69,234
Goalkickers: T.Keogh 2, R.Ashman 2, R.Byrne 1, R.Walls 1, T.Pickett 1, A.Jesaulenko 1, B.Armstrong 1.
Best: T.Keogh, M.Maclure, R.Byrne, B.Armstrong, L.McConnon, R.Ashman, G.Southby.
Reports:	Injuries: K.Heath (knee) replaced by R.Austin at half time. A. Jesaulenko (knee) A.Mangles replaced by S.Jackson at three quarter time.

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Game Review

Carlton were defeated by one point; we just couldn't score in the last quarter and North's Darryl Sutton was their star player with 5 goals. But the shadow of North's Malcolm Blight hung over this game....

This was the final game for Carlton star and dual Premiership Player, Syd Jackson, who would be cleared to Glenelg for the following season.



The Age September 20

Team

B:	19 John O'Connell	20 Geoff Southby	18 Kevin Heath
HB:	15 Phil Pinnell	36 Mark Maclure	11 Bruce Doull
C:	26 Ray Byrne	10 Alan Mangels	32 Leigh McConnon
HF:	43 David McKay	42 Robert Walls (vc)	30 Tony Pickett
F:	3 Mike Fitzpatrick	25 Alex Jesaulenko (c)	8 Trevor Keogh
Ruck:	28 Peter Jones (dvc)	12 Barry Armstrong	14 Rod Ashman
Res:	21 Rod Austin	5 Syd Jackson
Coach:	Ian Thorogood

Milestones

Last games: John O'Connell and Syd Jackson
Score Records: This was Carlton's fifth consecutive finals loss since 1973, but was the end of a record equalling run of 5 consecutive finals losses

Links

Blight, Bloody Blight!

Video

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Semi Final | 1977