Carlton without Cerra and still heavily depleted defensively, Taberner back in for Freo. He kicks the first goal, against an inexperienced defender. The Blues getting plenty of inside 50's for no return, Freo up 9 at the quarter break. Carlton absolutely dominating field position, winning every ball, yet can't acquire the lead, til a soft free is given to Curnow. Taberner kicks a nice goal from the pocket to end a Blues 5-goal run, Carlton up 15 at the half. Walsh tearing the game apart, how's he running around unopposed. The Blues take a 20-point lead into 3-quarter time. Curnow kicks his fourth and Carlton run away with it, home by 31 points. Fremantle dominated the hit-outs, Carlton +14 in clearances, with more of the footy at 83% efficiency, yet still applied 9 more tackles. They had 24 more inside 50's and 17 tackles in there, resulting in 6 more scoring shots. Walsh best afield, with 40 disposals, 7 clearances, 11 inside 50's and 543 metres gained. Hewett 27 disposals, 6 clearances, 8 inside 50's and an assist. Young 13 disposals, 8 intercepts. Saad 26 effective disposals, 7 intercepts. For Freo, Brodie 36 disposals, 5 clearances, 5 inside 50's, 6 tackles and 6 intercepts. Pearce 13 disposals, 8 intercepts.
3. (Carl) S. Walsh, 2. (Carl) G. Hewett, 1. (Carl) L. Young.
3. (Carl) S. Walsh, 2. (Carl) G. Hewett, 1. (Carl) L. Young.