Round 12, 1971

Carlton 3.5 23 7.10 52 8.12 60 16.18 114 Nth Melbourne 2.1 13 2.1 13 3.4 22 3.5 23	Venue: Princes Park	Date: Saturday June 19, 1971
Result: Won by 91 points	Umpire: M.Marks	Crowd: 13,300
Goalkickers: R.McLean 7, J.Nicholls 4, P.Hall 2, S.Silvagni 1, G.Crane 1, R.Walls 1.
Best: J.Nicholls (BOG), G.Southby, R.McLean, B.Gill, S.Silvagni, J.O'Connell.
Reports: Nil
Injuries: I.Robertson (bruised shoulder), A.Jesaulenko (groin - replaced in selected side)

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Game Review

Carlton's premiership defence had started shakily some 3 months earlier with a shock loss to 1970 wooden-spooners North, but revenge was taken at the first opportunity as the Blues delivered an old-fashioned hiding to the Kangaroos in the return match at Princes Park.

After the Shinboners showed some resistance in the first quarter they were over-run to the tune of 13-13 to 1-4 over the final three stanzas.

Big John controlled the skies and Ricky McLean produced possibly his best game for Carlton at full-forward (strangely enough in his second-last match for the club). But Geoff Southby, still in his first season, was the real star of the show. Geoff had the crowd swooning with his glorious display at full-back. The Blues had surely uncovered a defender for the ages.

Team

B:	50 John O'Connell	20 Geoff Southby	30 Vin Waite
HB:	21 Barry Gill	15 Phil Pinnell	3 Kevin Hall
C:	6 Garry Crane	34 Ian Robertson	46 John Warden
HF:	31 Peter Hall	42 Robert Walls (vc)	32 Bryan Quirk
F:	43 David McKay	14 Ricky McLean	18 Brian Walsh
Ruck:	2 John Nicholls (c)	1 Serge Silvagni	10 Adrian Gallagher
Res:	19 Ian Collins	44 Peter Fyffe
Coach:	Ron Barassi

Milestones

Debut : Peter Hall
Score Records : This is the Kangaroos' lowest ever score against Carlton

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