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Venue: Optus Oval | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Sat July 19, 2003 | Result: Loss by 31 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: Head, Nicholls, Margetts | Crowd: 21,460 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Fevola 6, Hickmott, Beasy 2, Camporeale, Prendergast 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: Angwin (shoulder), McKay (strained adductor) | Reports: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The match looked like being another thrashing for the Blues in the first half, managing just 3 goals to the Swans' 12, to be 54 points down at half time. But the Blues fought back in the second half, outscoring the Swans 9 goals to 6, to go down by a more respectable 31 points, after getting as close as 19 points.Brendan Fevola kicked six goals. Callan Beasy, playing his first game of the season, kicked two. Anthony Koutoufides was Carlton's leading possession winner with 27. Darren Hulme had 20 and was important in the midfield in the second half.
This would be Vice Captain Adrian Hickmott's final game. He would announce his retirement following this game, after a long battle with injuries. Former All Australian ruckman Matthew Allan would also never play for Carlton again with a post-season move to Essendon on the cards, while the decision to recruit Andrew Eccles would come to a disappointing end in this game also.
Team
| B: | 29 Simon Beaumont | 32 Bret Thornton | 34 Simon Wiggins |
| HB: | 5 Andrew McKay (c) | 28 Ian Prendergast | 12 Matthew Lappin |
| C: | 30 Jarrad Waite | 13 Justin Davies | 45 Anthony Franchina |
| HF: | 33 Ryan Houlihan | 2 Corey McKernan | 47 Laurence Angwin |
| F: | 16 Scott Camporeale | 25 Brendan Fevola | 9 Adrian Hickmott (a/vc) |
| Ruck: | 11 Barnaby French | 43 Anthony Koutoufides | 27 Darren Hulme |
| Interchange: | |||
| 24 Matthew Allan, 37 Karl Norman, 20 Andrew Eccles, 42 Callan Beasy | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
| Emg: | Blake Campbell | Glenn Manton | Kade Simpson |
| In: | Karl Norman | Callan Beasy | Ian Prendergast |
| Andrew Eccles | Justin Davies | Simon Wiggins | |
| Out: | Brad Fisher (shoulder) | Michael Martyn (knee) | Lance Whitnall (knee) |
| Simon Fletcher | Justin Murphy | Jon McCormick | |
Milestones
Last games: Adrian Hickmott, Matthew Allan, Andrew EcclesBrownlow Votes
3: Jude Bolton (SYD)2: Adam Goodes (SYD)
1: Jason Ball (SYD)
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