While the Blues take on West Coast today to attempt to consolidate a top four spot spare a thought for games gone by which have also occured today.
Round 10, 1915
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Venue: Brunswick Street | Date: June 26, 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 12 points | Umpire: A.Norden | Crowd: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: H.Burleigh 3, V.Gardiner 1, H.Haughton 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Billy Dick (striking Jack Cooper) – 10 Matches. (Insulting language to field umpire) – Reprimand. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||||
Carlton lost this battle of second against third and fell one spot on the ladder. Fitzroy and Carlton were both then 6 points behind Collingwood.
The ten-week suspension handed out to Billy Dick for striking Jack Cooper meant that Carlton’s captain would miss the remainder of the season, which of course included our second consecutive Premiership.
Round 9, 1926
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: June 26, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 21 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 30,000 (approx.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: H.Blackmore 3, P.Outram 3, H.Vallence 2, H.Clover 1, V.Davis 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
After the game, two trams packed with supporters collided heavily in Lygon St. Many people were injured, and ambulances ferried more than forty to hospital.
Round 10, 1965
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: June 26, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 24 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 19,680 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: T.Board 3, B.Quirk 3, A.Gallagher 2, J.Nicholls 2, B.Cox 1, I.Nankervis 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Both sides were weakened by injury for this game, with the respective captains; Ron Barassi and Ted Whitten missing. John Nicholls stepped up to lead the Blues and dominated the ruck contests. Bryan Quirk filled in at full-forward and kicked three goals, as the Blues’ defence got right on top after half-time and stifled the Bulldog forwards.
In other games in this round, St Kilda leapt to the top of the table with a huge win over Hawthorn at Mordialloc, and Geelong snatched second by beating Richmond at Kardinia Park. Melbourne lost to Essendon and dropped to third, while Carlton hung on to fourth spot ahead of the Bombers and Collingwood.
Round 13, 1971
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Venue: Windy Hill | Date: June 26, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 14 points | Umpire: P.Matheson | Crowd: 18,853 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: B.Walsh 3, D.McKay 2, B.Quirk 2, A.Gallagher 2, A.Jesaulenko 2, J.Nicholls 1, R.McLean 1, R.Walls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: B.Barrot (BOG), J.Nicholls, G.Southby, J.O’Connell, D.McKay, A.Jesaulenko (until injured). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: A.Jesaulenko (bruised shin) | |||||||||||||||||||
Essendon were no match for the Blues for most of the day and only made any significant ground after the Blues seemingly took their collective foot off the pedal upon reaching a match-winning 32 point lead midway through the last quarter.
Bill Barrot, picked up mid-season after a brief sojourn at St Kilda, was brilliant and was proving a particularly clever acquisition.
Round 13, 1976
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: June 26, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 17 points | Umpires: H.Lyons & K.Smith | Crowd: 24,826 Receipts: $23,845 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: R.Walls 3, G.Whitnall 2, M.Fitzpatrick 2, R.Ashman 1, P.Jones 1, D.McKay 1, B.Armstrong 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: R.Ashman, P.Pinnell, T.Keogh, R.Walls, G.Whitnall, P.Jones. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Carlton took their chances when they selected many top players after injury, in an effort to avert their sixth consecutive loss and pulled off the coup when most stood up to the strong Essendon challenge late in the game. The Blues victory by 17 points saw them score best since their last win which had been in Round 7. The inclusion of Rhodes Scholar Mike Fitzpatrick almost straight off the plane from England proved successful and he will almost certainly be an aquisition to the Blues. Essendon played well enough to make a match of it but not well enough to win. They had not won at Princes Park against the Blues since 1968 and will now have to wait until 1977 before they can break that barrier. As it was, they could only manage 9.14, which is their lowest at Princes Park since 1969. – Football Record.
Round 13, 1999
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Venue: MCG | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: 26 June, 1999 | Result: Loss by 36 Points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: Nash, Scroop, McInerney | Crowd: 36,558 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: Whitnall 4, Murphy 2, Beaumont 1, Sexton 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Darren Hulme (Wrestling David King) – $1200 Fine | Injuries: Nil | ||||||||||||||||||
An embarrassing match for the Blues, in which they scored 5 goals to 1 in the first term, and proceeded to be belted 12 goals to 3 for the remainder of the match. Lance Whitnall was possibly the only winner of his position for Carlton, with half of the team’s goals. Carlton’s third straight loss sent them tumbling out of the top 8.
Adrian Whitehead‘s return to the side after almost 2 years would be short lived. His ongoing battle with stress fractures of the foot would not allow him to ever play again, at the age of just 24.
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