Round 7, 1940

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Carlton

5.3

33

8.4

52

11.7

73

12.8

80

Footscray

2.3

15

4.13

37

7.15

57

12.18

90

Venue:

Western Oval

Date:

Saturday 8 June 1940

Result:

Lose by 10 points

Crowd:

13,000

Goalkickers:

P.Schmidt 4.0, J.Wrout 4.0, K.Baxter 3.0, J.Hale 1.1, C.Crisp 0.1, B.Green 0.1, C.Mann 0.1, rushed 0.4

Reports:
Umpire:

Coward

Injuries:

J.Hale (bruised leg) replaced by B.McTaggart late in the last quarter

Best:

Game Review

Carlton lost to 6th placed Footscray in Round 7, in front of 13000 people at the Western Oval - the highest attendance for the round. We remained in third place, but fell a game behind leaders Melbourne and Richmond.

At the end of this round Carlton were in 3rd spot on the ladder with a percentage of 105.2.

Team

B: 1 Frank Anderson 21 Frank Gill 26 Jim Park
HB: 6 Bob Chitty 10 Jim Francis (acting capt.) 9 Gordon Cameron
C: 7 Jack Carney 12 Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp 16 Jim Mooring
HF: 32 Bob Green 4 Ken Baxter 19 Ron Cooper
F: 27 Cyril Mann 28 Jack Wrout 23 Paul Schmidt
Ruck: 14 Rod McLean 3 Jack Bennett 11 Jack Hale
19th Man: 20 Bert McTaggart
Coach: Brighton Diggins

War Effort

It was announced during the week that the Carlton players had donated their provident fund and other amounts to the war loan. £1,026 had been handed over by players, committeemen and staff. The club also handed over a further £400 to the war effort. The Blues are the first VFL club to make such a donation.

Milestones


Debut: Bert McTaggart


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