Round 4, 1912
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday May 18, 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lost by 1 point | Umpire: | Crowd: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: G.Challis 2, V.Gardiner 2, F.McDonald 1, V.Valentine 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: J.Wells (knee), V.Gardiner (hand), T.Clancy (hand) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Scores were close at quarter and half-time. Then, during the halftime interval the Carltonian barrackers said, knowingly, "Wait for our third quarter dash."
The third quarter dash, however, was Collingwood's, and the Magpies ran to a lead of thirteen points.
" I wish it was twelve or fourteen points; I don't like that number—13; it is unlucky," said a Collingwood committeeman, who one would not ordinarily consider superstitious. Gallantly Carlton tackled their task, and most people, when the bell sounded, considered that they had done remarkably well in making a draw of the game.
Many fans left Princes Park under the impression they had witnessed a draw as the scoreboard showed each team on 6-10.
The goal umpires later reduced the Blues score to 6-9.
At the end of this round Carlton were in 2nd spot on the ladder with a percentage of 129.4.
Team
| B: | 12 Andy McDonald | 3 Norman Clark (coach) | 2 Ned Bowen |
| HB: | 29 Bill Johnson | 10 Ernie Jamieson | 24 Jim Stewart |
| C: | 4 Tom Clancy | 8 George Bruce | 11 Rod McGregor |
| HF: | 22 Alf Williamson | 15 Jim Marchbank | 5 George Challis |
| F: | 13 Vin Gardiner | 14 Fen McDonald | 20 Frank Triplett |
| Ruck: | 26 Harry Haughton | 19 Jack Wells (c) | 18 Viv Valentine |
| Coach: | Norman Clark | ||
Milestones
Debut: Alf Williamson
Debut (Carlton): Bill Johnson
Last Game: Jim Stewart
