Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club

Round 12, 1998

Carlton	3.3	21	6.7	43	10.11	71	14.16	100
Sydney	3.0	18	5.2	32	9.6	60	11.8	74

Venue: Optus Oval

Date: Saturday June 13, 1998

Result: Win by 26 points

Umpires: McBurney, Sheehan, Humphrey-Smith

Crowd: 22,881

Goalkickers: B.Pearce 5, A.Hamill 4, M.Allan, R.De Iulio, D.Hulme, D.Rice, L.Whitnall 1.

Best: L.Whitnall, B.Pearce, S.Camporeale, G.Manton, B.Ratten, D.Rice.

Reports: Fraser Brown (Wrestling Troy Cook & Wrestling Peter Filandia) - Fined $2700 in total.

Injuries:

Game Review

Sydney kicked the first 2 goals of the game but the Blues then did all the attacking and should have been a lot further ahead at half time than 11 points, had they converted more of their scoring opportunities. Sydney kicked the first goal after half time to reduce the margin to a goal but then Carlton kicked 4 unanswered goals to take a 5 goal lead. But Sydney kicked the final 3 goals of the quarter to make it even and maintain the same 11 point deficit at 3/4 time. Both sides each kicked a goal at the start of the last quarter before the Blues took control, kicking 3 goals to 1, to run out 26 point winners- just its third win of the year.

Scott Camporeale had 30 possessions, Brett Ratten 27 and Fraser Brown 25. Aaron Hamill had 27 and kicked 4 goals from strong marks. Glenn Manton had 25 possessions and took 16 saving marks in defence. Matthew Allan dominated the rucks with 34 hitouts. Brad Pearce kicked his third 5-goal bag in 4 matches. Lance Whitnall and Dean Rice were also good up forward, each with 21 possessions and a goal.

Team

B:	15 Ben Nelson	1 Stephen Silvagni (vc)	29 Simon Beaumont
HB:	45 Anthony Franchina	14 Michael Sexton	23 Dean Rice
C:	43 Anthony Koutoufides	7 Brett Ratten	16 Scott Camporeale
HF:	22 Glenn Manton	8 Lance Whitnall	18 Justin Murphy
F:	19 Brad Pearce	36 Aaron Hamill	27 Darren Hulme
Ruck:	24 Matthew Allan	20 Fraser Brown	21 Craig Bradley (c)
Interchange:
Interchange:	11 Mark Porter, 30 Adam White, 17 Damien Lock, 34 Ron De Iulio
Coach:	David Parkin
Emg:	Matt Clape	Peter Dean	John Hynes
In:	Brad Pearce
Out:	Andrew McKay (ankle)