Carlton's rampaging start to the 1995 came to a shuddering halt with this shocker of a game against the mid-tabled Swans, who celebrated the milestone 500th game of coach Ron Barassi with a memorable win.

Without captain Stephen Kernahan, the Blues were rudderless and leaderless and effectively scoreless in this horror of a Friday night game.

Stand-in full forward James Cook had a shocker of a game, and most of Carlton's goals came from defence.

At the time, it seemed as though Carlton was falling into the trap of 1994 – periods of dominance, but periods of struggling at the same time. Little did we know what was about to unfold.

Carlton  2. 3. (15)  3. 4. (22)  4. 10. (34)  8. 12. (60)
Sydney Swans  4.1. (25)  13. 1. (79)  18. 3. (111)  21. 6. (132)

Venue: SCG 

Date: Friday May 19, 1995

Result: Lose by 72 points

Umpires: M.Prince, B.Sheehan & R.Williams.

Crowd: 23,744

Goalkickers: S.Silvagni 2, M.Hanna 2, M.Sexton 1, A.Christou 1, E.Spalding 1, M.Allan 1.

Best: M.Sexton, A.Whitehead, S.Camporeale, F.Brown.

Reports: Nil

Injuries: Nil

Article with thanks to Blueseum.org