The Blues take on the Demons in a big Friday night of football. Carlton will be trying to consolidate a position in the top four. This will be the sixteenth time Carlton has played on the 27th of May, we wander down memory lane to relive some of these games.
Round 6, 1950 vs Footscray
| Carlton | 5.6 | 36 | 9.9 | 63 | 12.11 | 83 | 16.13 | 109 |
| Footscray | 3.1 | 19 | 9.4 | 58 | 13.7 | 85 | 16.10 | 106 |
Footscray full-forward Bill Wood seemed to have won this game off his own boot for the Bulldogs, when he took a strong mark right on the final bell, and lined up another shot on goal from only ten metres out on a slight angle. Although his team was four points down, he had already booted seven goals, and this seemed the easiest attempt of them all. But to the horror of every Footscray fan, his kick slewed off his boot and missed the big sticks, and Carlton got home by three points!
From: http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Round+6%2C+1950
Round 9, 1978 vs North Melbourne
| Carlton | 6.2 | 38 | 9.5 | 59 | 11.6 | 72 | 18.9 | 117 |
| Nth Melbourne | 3.5 | 23 | 3.5 | 23 | 6.8 | 44 | 8.11 | 59 |
Although Carlton has won its previous two games under new Captain Coach Jesaulenko, they were not expected to trouble the previously undefeated North Melbourne.
However the first quarter they were super competitive, bombing long to Rod Galt whose height was causing the NM defence problems. The ball went from end to end in a very open affair.
The second quarter was a more dour struggle although Carlton managed to keep their opponents score to set up a comfortable half time lead. From there they maintained their lead in the third quarter then unexpectedly North Melbourne pretty much “threw the towel in” in the last quarter & Carlton extending their lead to almost ten goals.
From: http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Round+9%2C+1978
Round 9, 1995 vs St Kilda
| Carlton | 0.3 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 1.5 | 11 | 3.6 | 24 |
| St Kilda | 4.3 | 27 | 6.8 | 44 | 9.11 | 65 | 11.14 | 80 |
The crowd was down as many expected a whitewash by the Blues against the lowly St Kilda. How wrong we were, but we should be thankful that only 17,902 people turned up to watch our second loss in a row.
‘Buckets’ Loewe kicked 5 against the Blues, while Rod Keogh and future Blue Craig Devonport led the Saints in a rout of the Blues. Barry Mitchell and Brett Ratten found the ball but 1 goal in 3 quarters was as poor an effort as you would read about.
Thankfully, the Blues turned it around and this would be our final loss for the whole 1995 season.
From: http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Round+9%2C+1995