CARLTON GIVE GEELONG
THE BLUES By Ben Jensen. I WAS TORN on whether to wait until I got home or to listen to this one from work but after a. called to a hasty meeting for 10:30 and b. dropping my 3G phone in a cup of coffee the decision was made for me. It was already going to be one of those 'too much sport is never enough' days with the 4th Ashes test kicking off at around the same time, now I was given the option of going on a media ban and waiting until I got home to watch the game on the telly. You see, this was the first day of ESPN's Aussie Rules coverage, having picked up the pieces from Setanta Sports' demise. At twelve quid a month it was 99P cheaper than the old but unfortunately no Blue Square Premier coverage. So after seeing Melbourne's 'Sammy J' perform in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival it was upstairs to the mezzanine level to watch the Cats hopefully beat my other half's Blues.
CARLTON
3.5, 7.7, 10.10, 14.13 (97) DEFEATED GOALS BEST INJURIES CROWD: 55,047 at MCG, Melbourne Geelong kicked the first two goals of the match but wouldn't trouble the scorers again until there were four minutes to go. Matthew Stokes goaled in the opening minute and when Cameron Mooney converted a set shot from just inside fifty a few minutes later the Cats were off to a flyer. The Blues peppered the goals from that point on, the Cats twice saved by 251-gamer Darren Milburn on the last line of defence, Brendan Fevola kicking the only goal.
The second half didn't really start off too well for the Cats. Fev missed his early chance but then Wojcinski was spotted walking the boundary wearing trackie dacks. Not quite as obvious as showering and getting back into the suit but it appeared as though he would 'be taking no further part in this match' to quote Billy Birmingham as Tony Greig. But Cameron Ling, the next skipper of the side, curved back a shot to peg the lead back by a goal, another goal sparked by Johnson. Milburn still attracts plenty of boos, more so than Ricky Ponting at Headingley (where I was heading for day 2). For the uninitiated, see the Youtube video further down the page (or click here). Simpson's second pushed the Blues' lead back to thirteen points. Stokes soon had his second, a tough shot ten out from the boundary forty-five metres from goal. Joel
Corey had a real good game, one of Geelong's only midfielders to really
stand up after half time as Ablett, Bartel and Ling were quiet. Mooney
had a chance to answer back Fev's second goal with a set shot about
thirty metres out but could only manage a poster. Max Rooke though showed
he has the right stuff with the next goal, nearly stuffing it though
up as he took on three opponents to step around them and snap it high
straight through the middle, Carlton's lead now just seven points.
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