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Game Review

Debutant Bruce McMaster-Smith replaced Graham Donaldson (infected leg) in the selected side.
Second-placed Essendon handed the Blues a reality check with this heavy defeat at Princes Park, during which Jim Carroll (playing his second and last game for Carlton) was reported and suspended for striking tough Essendon defender Ian "Bluey" Shelton. Carrot-topped Shelton was legendary for eating up and spitting out opposition players, and for 175 cm Carroll to stand up to him says volumes for his courage (and little for his sanity). Jim had little chance of getting off the charge, as he was reported by field, boundary and goal umpires (so we guess he probably did it).

This could have been a costly loss for the Blues, but Collingwood helped out by knocking over Geelong, and Carlton stayed just outside the top four on percentage. Tom Carroll's three goals moved him to within one of the joint leaders; Bill Stephenson of St Kilda, and Doug Wade of Geelong.

Carlton had few prominent players. Perhaps those that stood out more than others were centreman Berkley Cox and followers Serge Silvagni, John Nicholls and Maurie Sankey. Bruce McMaster-Smith, who transferred from Fitzroy, did several useful things on his wing. - Football Record.

Round 5 team v Essendon

Team

B:	10 John James	4 Brian Buckley	16 Maurie Sankey
HB:	32 Vasil Varlamos	20 Wes Lofts	14 Bob Crowe
C:	40 Bruce McMaster-Smith	9 Berkley Cox	30 Murray Kick
HF:	23 Martin Cross	17 Gordon Collis	12 John Gill
F:	5 Ken Greenwood	22 Tom Carroll	36 Peter Falconer
Ruck:	2 John Nicholls (acting capt.)	1 Serge Silvagni	6 Leo Brereton
Res:	34 Jim Carroll	37 John Heathcote
Coach:	Ken Hands

In: J. Heathcote, B. McMaster-Smith, J. Carroll, J. Gill
Out: G. Donaldson, B. Arch, P. Barry, B. Williams

Milestones

Debut (Carlton): Bruce McMaster-Smith
Last Game: Jim Carroll