| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 23, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 2 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 17,897 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: A.White 3, J.Benetti 2, G.McColl 2, L.Brereton 1, G.Donaldson 1, J.Heathcote 1, D.Nicholls 1, S.Silvagni 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Heading into the last quarter of this match at Princes Park, the Southerners were 11 points in front, and travelling like winners. But while they continued to hold sway around the ground for most of the last term, their accuracy near the goals deserted them and they posted a wayward 1 goal, seven behinds. Carlton steamed home in the last ten minutes, adding 4.2 to pinch victory by just two points.It was a morale-lifting win for the Blues, after a disappointing season that saw the team end up seventh on the 12-team ladder.
Team
| B: | 15 Bruce Comben (c) | 25 George Ferry | 2 John Nicholls |
| HB: | 10 John James | 3 Peter Webster | 12 Don Nicholls |
| C: | 27 Bill Armstrong | 11 Laurie Kerr (vc) | 28 Graham Gilchrist |
| HF: | 8 John Benetti | 20 Serge Silvagni | 38 Allan White |
| F: | 26 Maurie Pope | 36 Graham McColl | 6 Leo Brereton |
| Ruck: | 13 Graham Donaldson | 5 Gerald Burke | 37 John Heathcote |
| Res: | 9 John Stephenson | 35 Chris Pavlou | |
| Coach: | Jim Francis | ||
Milestones
Debut: Bill ArmstrongDebut and Only Game: John Stephenson
Last games: Maurie Pope, Graham McColl
Round 17 | 1959