Round 12, 1953
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: Western Oval | Date: Saturday July 11, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 24 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 31,668 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: M.Wenn 4, D.Beasy 2, K.Warburton 1, J.Spencer 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: George Ferry (Striking Harvey Stevens) - Not Guilty. | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton's up and down season continued with this away game loss to the second-placed Bulldogs. Opening with 0.5 was bad enough, but 8.18 - 26 scoring shots - was just not good enough against a more accurate Footscray outfit.
Meanwhile, across town, North Melbourne's big win over St Kilda pushed the Blues back to seventh.
Team
| B: | 30 George Stafford | 8 Ken McKaige | 14 Vin English |
| HB: | 25 George Ferry | 16 John Brown | 4 Doug Guy |
| C: | 11 Laurie Kerr | 27 Ray Martini | 23 John Chick |
| HF: | 10 John James | 7 Keith Warburton (acting capt.) | 17 Doug Beasy |
| F: | 5 Gerald Burke | 18 Max Wenn | 32 Jack Spencer |
| Ruck: | 2 Bill Milroy | 19 Don Calder | 9 Jack Mills |
| Res: | 20 Dick Gill | 33 Peter Webster | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Debut: Peter Webster
Last Game: Don Calder
