Round 17, 1980

Carlton 5.4 34 6.8 44 13.13 91 14.17 101 Nth Melbourne 4.3 27 5.8 38 10.10 70 20.13 133	Venue: Princes Park	Date: Saturday July 26, 1980
Result: Lost by 32 points	Umpires: Kevin Smith & Mike Dye	Crowd: 26,347 Receipts: $33,474
Goalkickers: M.Maclure 3, K.Sheldon 3, W.Jones 2, M.Fitzpatrick 2, V.Catoggio 2, W.Johnston 1, A.Marcou 1.
Best: B.Doull, A.Marcou, V.Perovic, R.Klomp, M.Maclure, W.Jones
Reports: Nil	Injuries: Nil

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Game Review

Yes, Carlton conceded a 21-point lead at three-quarter time, but what the scorecard does not reveal is that North kicked 2 vital goals during time-on in the 3rd quarter. They then finished the game off with a 10-goals to one final quarter, with Wayne Schimmelbusch and John Byrne leading the onslaught. Again, another last quarter fade-out by the Blues.

Carlton - suffering a bit from post-premiership blues, but still formidable because of the cool heads such as Doull and Southby, the kickgetters such as Armstrong, Wells and Johnston, and the devastating pace of Catoggio, Buckley, Marcou, Ashman and Sheldon. Maclure showed a return to form on Saturday against North Melbourne, and that makes them still a definite chance for the premiership. I think their problem is still up forward. You can cheat up front some of the time with mediocrity, but not all the time. However, give them a hard ground, a big crowd and room to move at VFL Park and the MCG and they could beat any team. - Barry Richardson Inside Football

Team

B:	27 Des English	20 Geoff Southby	21 Rod Austin
HB:	11 Bruce Doull	15 Val Perovic	22 Robbert Klomp
C:	16 Jim Buckley	1 Greg Wells	19 Michael Young
HF:	7 Wayne Johnston	36 Mark Maclure (vc)	8 Trevor Keogh
F:	2 Warren 'Wow' Jones	33 Peter McConville	4 Vin Catoggio
Ruck:	3 Mike Fitzpatrick (c)	12 Barry Armstrong	34 Alex Marcou
Interchange:	39 Stephen Buckley	5 Ken Sheldon
Coach:	Peter Jones

Milestones

200 Games: Geoff Southby
Last Game (Carlton): Stephen Buckley

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