1971 Night Series

1971 'Night' Series First Round

Carlton	2.2	14	5.4	34	8.12	60	9.16	69
Essendon	2.0	12	5.3	33	6.5	41	9.6	60

Venue: Lake Oval, Albert Park (Night)

Date: Thursday September 9, 1971

Result: Won by 9 points

Umpire: P. Matheson

Crowd: 7,326

Goalkickers: Jones 4, Barrot 1, Collins 1, Gallagher 1, Jesaulenko 1 & Robertson 1.

Best: Southby, Quirk, O’Connell, Doull, Robertson, Jesaulenko & Jones.

Game Review

Bill Barrot and Ron Barassi were both involved in this match for Carlton after Billy famous walkout at half time from the Round 22, 1971 match at Princes Park against Collingwood.

Team 1971 'Night' Series First Round

B:	50 John O'Connell	20 Geoff Southby	43 David McKay
HB:	21 Barry Gill	30 Vin Waite	4 Bruce Doull
C:	15 Phil Pinnell	24 Bill Barrot	32 Bryan Quirk
HF:	8 Trevor Keogh	34 Ian Robertson	19 Ian Collins
F:	28 Peter Jones	25 Alex Jesaulenko	12 Barry Armstrong
Ruck:	2 John Nicholls	22 Neil Chandler	10 Adrian Gallagher
Res:	29 Paul O'Brien	18 Brian Walsh
Coach:	Ron Barassi

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1971 ‘Night’ Series Semi Final

Carlton	3.2	20	6.5	41	8.7	55	11.8	74
Melbourne	2.3	15	6.8	44	9.11	65	14.16	100

Venue: Lake Oval, Albert Park (Night)

Date: Thursday September 21, 1971

Result: Lose by 26 points

Umpire: D. Jolley

Crowd: 11,919

Goalkickers: Doull 3, Armstrong 2, Robertson 2, Gallagher 1, Jones 1, Keogh 1 & McKay 1.

Best: Doull, Robertson, Gallagher, Keogh, Collins, Gill, Nicholls & Waite.

Game Review

Bruce Doull as a ruck rover was the leading goalscorer in this match with 3 goals.

This was the last Carlton game coached by Ron Barassi the last games and also the last Carlton games by Ian Collins, Barry Gill and Bill Barrot. It was also the last season of the VFL ‘Night’ Series, but it would appear again in 1977 under a different format and played during the season, with all the 12 league teams involved not just the sides out side the final 4.

Team 1971 'Night' Series Semi Final

B:	19 Ian Collins	20 Geoff Southby	16 Gary Lawson-Smith
HB:	21 Barry Gill	30 Vin Waite	15 Phil Pinnell
C:	33 Paul Hurst	24 Bill Barrot	8 Trevor Keogh
HF:	5 Syd Jackson	43 David McKay	34 Ian Robertson
F:	28 Peter Jones	25 Alex Jesaulenko	12 Barry Armstrong
Ruck:	2 John Nicholls	4 Bruce Doull	10 Adrian Gallagher
Res:	32 Bryan Quirk	18 Brian Walsh
Coach:	Ron Barassi

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