| Venue: VFL Park - Waverley | Date: May 23, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 23 points | Umpire: I.Artso | Crowd: 55,332 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: S.Jackson 4, A.Jesaulenko 4, N.Chandler 2, I.Nicoll 1, R.Walls 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: S.Jackson, J.Goold, A.Gallagher, A.Jesaulenko, T.Hopkins, J.Nicholls. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: I.Nicoll (bruised ankle), S.Jackson (cut cheek), J.Nicholls (sprained ankle), A.Jesaulenko (bruised shin). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Magpies were undefeated whilst the Blues stood at 5-2, coming off a caning from the Swans the previous Saturday. Carlton led comfortably throughout the first half led by Syd Jackson's 3 goals, but the Pies narrowed the gap to 20 points at three-quarter time and swamped the Blues with 8 goals in the last.
Peter McKenna was the Collingwood star with 8 majors.
Two successive losses after a promising start sent coach Barassi back to the drawing board.
Team
| B: | 21 Barry Gill | 20 Wes Lofts (vc) | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 15 Phil Pinnell | 43 David McKay | 11 John Goold |
| C: | 7 Ted Hopkins | 8 Dennis Munari | 17 Brent Crosswell |
| HF: | 34 Ian Robertson | 42 Robert Walls (dvc) | 5 Syd Jackson |
| F: | 22 Neil Chandler | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 23 Ian Nicoll |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 3 Kevin Hall | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 12 Barry Armstrong | 49 Andy Lukimitis | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
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