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Carlton lost to the Demons by 22 points, despite being in front at the last change, at the MCG

Round 2, 2017

Carlton 2.2 14 4.6 30 7.8 50 9.10 64
Melbourne 3.2 20 6.4 40 7.5 47 13.8 86
Venue: MCG
Date: Sunday April 2, 2017
Result: Lost by 22 points
Crowd: 46,727
Goalkickers: M. Wright 3, L. Casboult, E. Curnow, M. Murphy, D. Armfield, S. Petrevski-Seton, J. Pickett.
Reports:
Umpires: J. Dalgleish, S. Meredith, N. Williamson
Injuries: Thomas (right knee), Silvagni (corked thigh and ankle)
Ladder:


Game Review

An unchanged Carlton team took on the Dees in this Round 2 clash at the G, and despite being in front at three quarter time, were pipped by 22 points.

The first half saw the Dees maintain an ascendancy through superior forward 50 entries, but the game was tight and tough. Melbourne had even employed his newly found 'toughness' by sniping behind the ball against Sam Rowe and Patrick Cripps, which would later cost certain players a few weeks off! Notwithstanding their thuggery the Blues were in touch at the main break.

For the second week in a row the third quarter however provided some real highlights for the Blues as we surged through the middle and to be fair, we should have kicked more goals. 3 goals to 1, including two to Matthew Wright saw us take the lead, but we had such control in the middle it could have been better.

In the last the Demons took control at the start and rammed home an advantage. With a goal from a free 5 minutes out the game was theirs (and a last minute goal pushed the buffer out to 22), but the Blues had performed well.... just not well enough when it mattered in the last.

Best players included Marc Murphy with 31 touches and Matthew Wright with 3 goals. Next up was the Essendon Bombers...

Team


B: 20 Lachie Plowman 17 Sam Rowe 22 Caleb Marchbank
HB: 6 Kade Simpson (vc) 43 Simon White 15 Sam Docherty
C: 16 Billie Smedts 4 Bryce Gibbs 39 Dale Thomas
HF: 46 Matthew Wright 41 Levi Casboult 35 Ed Curnow
F:1 Jack Silvagni 23 Jacob Weitering 33 Jarrod Pickett
Ruck: 8 Matthew Kreuzer 9 Patrick Cripps 3 Marc Murphy (c)
Interchange: 5 Sam Petrevski-Seton 26 Harrison Macreadie 27 Dennis Armfield
30 Charlie Curnow
Coach: Brendon Bolton
Emg: 10 Harry McKay, 11 Sam Kerridge, 24 Rhys Palmer


Milestones

First Goal: Jarrod Pickett & Sam Petrevski-Seton
Historical Fact: This loss was Carlton's 1,000th Defeat

Brownlow Votes

3. Christian Salem (MEL)
2. Dom Tyson (MEL)
1. Clayton Oliver (MEL)

Best & Fairest Votes (5 votes+)

Matthew Wright 10, Lachie Plowman 9, Patrick Cripps 8, Sam Rowe 7, Ed Curnow 5, Marc Murphy 5


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Page last modified on Tuesday 03 of October, 2017 07:54:55 AEDT by WillowBlue.

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