| Venue: Moorabbin Oval | Date: Saturday April 5, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 3 points | Umpire: Sleeth | Crowd: 37,767 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: P.Jones 3, J.Nicholls 2, S.Jackson 2, A.Gallagher 2, D.Munari, A.Jesaulenko 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Injuries: Chandler (bruised hip), Jones (strained ankle), Robertson (bruised shoulder) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Boom WA recruit Syd Jackson was Best on Ground in the centre in his first game for Carlton, after having to wait a year for his clearance. Remarkably, Syd's opponent Barry Lawrence (also making his debut) was second-best on the ground, according to ‘The Sun’ newspaper.Neil Chandler was replaced at half time by Peter Kerr, and Garry Crane (cramp) was replaced by Ted Hopkins during the last quarter.
Team
| B: | 19 Ian Collins (dvc) | 20 Wes Lofts (vc) | 3 Kevin Hall |
| HB: | 21 Barry Gill | 42 Robert Walls | 11 John Goold |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 5 Syd Jackson | 34 Ian Robertson |
| HF: | 47 Neil Chandler | 30 Vin Waite | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 8 Dennis Munari |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 7 Ted Hopkins | 9 Peter Kerr | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Milestones
Debut: Syd JacksonPremiership Players: This game would mark the first of 880 matches in succession in which the Carlton team would include at least one Premiership player - a magic run that eventually ended in Round 11, 2006, some 37 years later.
1969 | Round 2