The Richmond bandwagon rolled into this round 14 top-of-the table clash and brought over 84,000 fans with it as a sign of the latent power of these two traditional rivals. Richmond were having a stellar year, their best for 15 years on the back of a strong midfield comprising Wayne Campbell, Matthew Knights, Paul Broderick and former Blue Chris Bond.

But Carlton would have their measure in this cracker of a game - a fitting celebration of the 300th VFL/AFL appearance of beanpole ruckman Justin 'Harry' Madden. With only points in it at three quarter time, the Blues blew the Tigers away with a five goal to nothing last term to take top spot on the AFL ladder. Craig Bradley kicked a magnificent running goal from 50 to seal it.

Key players included the emerged – no more emerging to talk about – Anthony Koutoufides with 34 possessions and 10 marks in midfield, Brad Pearce with 4 goals 4 and the captain, Stephen Kernahan with six. A superb support cast of Andrew McKay, Craig Bradley and Adrian Whitehead helped the Blues through.

One problem spot was a big game from Tiger Stephen Jurica, who kicked four on Stephen Silvagni in a surprisingly successful move. This was probably Jurica’s best game in his relatively short career.

This game is remembered fondly by Carlton fans, and is considered one of our best wins in the Home & Away rounds of the 1990's.

Carlton 5.2 (32) 7.8 (50) 12.11 (83) 17.13 (115)
Richmond 3.4 (22) 8.7 (55) 12.9 (81) 12.13 (85)

Venue: MCG

Date: Sunday, July 9, 1995

Umpires: G.Dore, C.Mitchell & G.Scroop

Crowd: 84,745

Goalkickers: S.Kernahan 6, B.Pearce 4, G.Williams 2, C.Bradley 2, M.Hanna 1, A.Christou 1, D.Rice 1

Best: A.Koutoufides, M.Sexton, B.Ratten, S.Kernahan, C.Bradley, B.Pearce, F.Brown

Reports: Nil

Injuries: Nil

Brownlow votes:
3 - Brad Pearce (CARL)
2 - Anthony Koutoufides (CARL)
1 - Stephen Kernahan (CARL)

Milestones:
300 Games (AFL): Justin Madden
50 Games: Anthony Koutoufides

Article with thanks to Blueseum.org