1995 Pre-Season

1995 ‘Night’ Series First Round

Carlton	4.1	25	7.3	45	15.4	94	20.9	129
Richmond	7.1	43	10.3	63	12.6	78	13.9	87

Venue: VFL Park, Waverley (Night)

Date: Saturday February 25, 1995

Result: Won by 42 points

Umpires: C.Durham, M.Westgate & D. McCauley*

Crowd: 26,117

Goalkickers: A.Thorpe 6, J.Cook 5, M.Allan 2, S.Camporeale 2, C.Bradley 1, M.Hogg 1, L.O’Sullivan 1, B.Pearce 1 & E.Spalding 1.

Best: A.Thorpe, C.Bradley, S.Camporeale, A.Christou, A.Whitehead, B.Pearce & A.Koutoufides.

Game Review

The Blues smashed Richmond in the opening round of the Pre-Season Cup, a pre-season of great interest to the Blues given our near-yet-far performances over 1993 - 1994. We debuted a few new players, with Scott Camporeale playing exceptionally well in his first of many great games for Carlton. Also new was Alan Thorpe, who kept Carlton in the game with his 6 goals (although never managed a senior game), and James Cook finished with 5 goals.

Of additional interest for this game for those with long memories, was the appearance of Ang Christou's private parts for those watching closely on a run through the middle. It's still available on YouTube for those who want to see it for themselves.

As a side note, Field umpire D. McCauley was replaced in the 2nd Quarter by emergency umpire M. McKenzie after McCauley and Brett Ratten collided.

Team 1995 'Night' Series First Round

B:	8 Troy Bond	35 Peter Dean	32 Adrian Whitehead
HB:	13 Mil Hanna	14 Michael Sexton	39 Ang Christou
C:	16 Scott Camporeale	7 Brett Ratten	19 Brad Pearce
HF:	27 Luke O'Sullivan	11 Earl Spalding	22 Glenn Manton
F:	21 Craig Bradley	18 James Cook	30 Alan Thorpe
Ruck:	24 Matthew Allan	43 Anthony Koutoufides	33 Matthew Hogg
Interchange:	12 Adrian Gleeson	44 Justin Madden	29 Simon Beaumont
Interchange:	28 Peter Turner
Coach:	David Parkin

https://youtu.be/h_PNOJwheTc?si=O7z5lSQMrQq5Z0Kz

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1995 ‘Night’ Series Quarter Final

Carlton	3.3	21	7.6	48	8.9	57	12.10	82
St.Kilda	0.2	2	3.5	23	6.8	44	12.11	83

Venue: VFL Park, Waverley (Night)

Date: Saturday March 6, 1995

Result: Lose by 1 point

Umpires: P.Carey, D.Goodridge & A. Panozzo

Crowd: 12,476

Goalkickers: S.Kernahan 3, J.Cook 3, C.Bradley 1, S.Camporeale 1, A.Gleeson 1, B.Pearce 1, L.O'Sullivan 1 & E.Spalding 1.

Best: A.McKay, M.Sexton, S.Kernahan, P.Dean, S.Camporeale & A.Christou.

Game Review

St. Kilda hit the front inside the last 2 minutes of the game when Brad Pearce knocked the ball back from boundary line on the outer wing to Craig Bradley and missed hit to a St. Kilda player, who sent it up field for a St. Kilda goal and with the last kick of the night Carlton missed the change to win the match.

Team 1995 'Night' Series Quarter Final

B:	32 Adrian Whitehead	1 Stephen Silvagni	14 Michael Sexton
HB:	5 Andrew McKay	35 Peter Dean	39 Ang Christou
C:	13 Mil Hanna	21 Craig Bradley	16 Scott Camporeale
HF:	30 Alan Thorpe	11 Earl Spalding	27 Luke O'Sullivan
F:	18 James Cook	4 Stephen Kernahan	19 Brad Pearce
Ruck:	24 Matthew Allan	43 Anthony Koutoufides	33 Matthew Hogg
Interchange:	2 Greg Williams	12 Adrian Gleeson	22 Glenn Manton
Interchange:	44 Justin Madden
Coach:	David Parkin