Round 17, 1907: Difference between revisions

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Carlton	1.1	7	5.5	35	6.7	43	9.8	62
Melbourne	2.9	21	3.9	27	4.9	33	4.12	36

Venue: Princes Park

Date: Saturday August 31, 1907

Result: Won by 26 points

Umpire:

Crowd:

Goalkickers: H.Kelly 4, F.Caine 2, M.Gotz 1, M.Grace 1, G.Topping 1.

Reports:

Injuries:

Game Review

Carlton’s big forwards; Mick Grace, Frank Caine and Harvey Kelly, were all prominent as the Blues tuned up for the finals with a 26-point win over Melbourne at Princes Park. The Fuchsias started impressively and had the best of play in the first quarter, although they missed some relatively easy shots at goal and should have done better than 2.9 at quarter time. After that, Carlton took control – particularly in the air – and drew away to another solid 5-goal win.

Kelly kicked 4 goals, and ‘Silver’ Caine added two to maintain second place on the League’s goal-kicking table behind Dick Lee of Collingwood. With just the finals left to play, Lee had a firm hold on the award with a total of 47 majors. Len Mortimer of South Melbourne was second on 35, with Caine of Carlton next with 32.

Remarkably, Collingwood lost the third of their Sectional matches in straight sets when they fell to Geelong by five points at Victoria Park. Although the result made no difference to their final ladder position – fourth behind Carlton, South Melbourne and St Kilda – the Magpies had lost all their momentum and were headed for elimination the following week.

At the end of this round Carlton were in 1st spot on the ladder with a percentage of 155.7.

Team

B:	Dick Harris	Frank H Williams	Les Beck
HB:	Martin Gotz	Fred Jinks (acting capt.)	Billy Payne
C:	Ted Kennedy	Rod McGregor	Alby Ingleman
HF:	Frank Caine	Harvey Kelly	Alex Lang
F:	Mick Grace	George Topping	Bert Wheeler
Ruck:	George S Johnson	Charlie Hammond	Jim Kennedy
Coach:	Jack Worrall

Changes

In: G.Topping, A.Ingleman, F.Jinks, A.Wheeler Out: A.Snell, G.Bruce, N.Clark, D.Gillespie

Milestones

Debut and Only Game: Bert Wheeler Last Game: Jim Kennedy

Round 16 | Semi Final

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-		<td>Venue: MCG</td>
+		<td>Venue: Princes Park</td>
-		<td>Date: Saturday September 14, 1907</td>
+		<td>Date: Saturday August 31, 1907</td>
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-		<td>Result: Won by 56 points</td>
+		<td>Result: Won by 26 points</td>
-		<td>Umpire: Wregg</td>
+		<td>Umpire: </td>
-		<td>Crowd: 26,100</td>
+		<td>Crowd: </td>
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-		<td colspan="3">Goalkickers: M.Grace 4, D.Harris 3, G.Topping 2, F.Caine 1, H.Kelly 1, C.Hammond 1, A.Lang 1. </td>
+		<td colspan="3">Goalkickers: H.Kelly 4, F.Caine 2, M.Gotz 1, M.Grace 1, G.Topping 1. </td>
-	</tr>
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-		<td colspan="3">Best: G.Johnson, C.Hammond, F.Jinks, G.Bruce, J.Flynn, D.Harris, B.Payne, M.Gotz, A.Lang, G.Topping. </td>
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 		<td>Reports: </td>
-		<td colspan="2">Injuries: [[Rod McGregor|McGregor]] (Broken Nose). </td>
+		<td colspan="2">Injuries: </td>
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-<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
+<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
 ===Game Review===
-The 1907 VFL Semi Finals began on the afternoon of Saturday, September 7 at the MCG, when South Melbourne handed Collingwood their fourth straight loss and knocked the Magpies out of Premiership contention. On this following Saturday, Carlton met St Kilda on the same ground, to decide who would meet the Lakesiders in the Grand Final.
+Carlton’s big forwards; [[Mick Grace]], [[Frank Caine]] and [[Harvey Kelly]], were all prominent as the Blues tuned up for the finals with a 26-point win over Melbourne at Princes Park. The Fuchsias started impressively and had the best of play in the first quarter, although they missed some relatively easy shots at goal and should have done better than 2.9 at quarter time. After that, Carlton took control – particularly in the air – and drew away to another solid 5-goal win.
-Carlton coach [[Jack Worrall]] made four important changes to his team, bringing back captain [[Jim Flynn]], vice-captain [[Norman Clark]], pacey winger [[George Bruce]] and full-back [[Doug Gillespie]]. Those omitted were [[Jim Kennedy]], [[Alby Ingleman]], [[Bert Wheeler]] and [[Frank H Williams|Frank Williams]].
+Kelly kicked 4 goals, and ‘Silver’ Caine added two to maintain second place on the League’s goal-kicking table behind Dick Lee of Collingwood. With just the finals left to play, Lee had a firm hold on the award with a total of 47 majors. Len Mortimer of South Melbourne was second on 35, with Caine of Carlton next with 32.
-Carlton’s great strengths all year had been their defence and their ruck division, and was those assets that came to the fore again in this lop-sided contest. The Blues defenders, particularly Gillespie, Flynn and [[Billy Payne]], didn’t give their opponents a centimetre of space all afternoon. ‘Mallee’ Johnson and [[Alex Lang]] dominated the ball-ups and throw-ins, while [[Mick Grace]] took some spectacular high marks on the way to kicking 4 goals. [[Dick Harris]] steered through three majors and [[George Topping]] booted two, as the Blues led by 20 points at quarter-time, and 45 points at half-time with the game already won. The final margin was a crushing 56 points.
+Remarkably, Collingwood lost the third of their Sectional matches in straight sets when they fell to Geelong by five points at Victoria Park. Although the result made no difference to their final ladder position – fourth behind Carlton, South Melbourne and St Kilda – the Magpies had lost all their momentum and were headed for elimination the following week.
-The only setback for Carlton occurred with five minutes left in the match, when star centreman [[Rod McGregor]] suffered a broken nose. He would be unable to play in the Grand Final, but his absence would provide an opportunity for one of the Blues’ lesser lights to shine the following week, on Victorian football’s biggest stage.
+At the end of this round Carlton were in 1st spot on the ladder with a percentage of 155.7.
-===Saint Jack===
+===Team						===
-Blue to be [[Jack Wells]] captained the Saints.
-===Team						===
 <center><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="background-color:lightgrey">
-<tr><td><b>B:</b></td> <td>	[[Norman Clark]] (vc)	</td> <td>	[[Doug Gillespie]]	</td> <td>	[[Les Beck]]	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>B:</b></td> <td>	Dick Harris	</td> <td>	Frank H Williams	</td> <td>	Les Beck	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>HB:</b></td> <td>	[[Martin Gotz]]	</td> <td>	[[Jim Flynn]] (c)	</td> <td>	[[Billy Payne]]	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>HB:</b></td> <td>	Martin Gotz	</td> <td>	Fred Jinks (acting capt.)	</td> <td>	Billy Payne	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>C:</b></td> <td>	[[Ted Kennedy]]	</td> <td>	[[Rod McGregor]]	</td> <td>	[[George Bruce]]	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>C:</b></td> <td>	Ted Kennedy	</td> <td>	Rod McGregor	</td> <td>	Alby Ingleman	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>HF:</b></td> <td>	[[Frank Caine]]	</td> <td>	[[Harvey Kelly]]	</td> <td>	[[Fred Jinks]]	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>HF:</b></td> <td>	Frank Caine	</td> <td>	Harvey Kelly	</td> <td>	Alex Lang	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>F:</b></td> <td>	[[Mick Grace]]	</td> <td>	[[Dick Harris]]	</td> <td>	[[George Topping]]	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>F:</b></td> <td>	Mick Grace	</td> <td>	George Topping	</td> <td>	[[Bert Wheeler]]	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>Ruck:</b></td> <td> [[George Johnson]] </td> <td> [[Charlie Hammond]] </td> <td> [[Alex Lang]] </td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>Ruck:</b></td> <td> George S Johnson </td> <td> Charlie Hammond </td>  <td> [[Jim Kennedy]] </td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>Coach:</b></td> <td colspan="3"> [[Jack Worrall]] </td></tr></table></center>
+<tr><td><b>Coach:</b></td> <td colspan="3"> Jack Worrall </td></tr></table></center>
-===Changes===
+===Changes ===
-'''In:''' J.Flynn, N.Clark, G.Bruce, D.Gillespie
+'''In:''' G.Topping, A.Ingleman, F.Jinks, A.Wheeler
-'''Out:''' J.Kennedy, A.Ingleman, B.Wheeler, F.Williams
+'''Out:''' A.Snell, G.Bruce, N.Clark, D.Gillespie
 ===Milestones===
-'''50 Games:''' [[Frank Caine]]
+'''Debut and Only Game:''' [[Bert Wheeler]]
-<center>[[File:58389.jpg]]
+'''Last Game:''' [[Jim Kennedy]]
-<br>
-Three quarter time break, Back left [[Les Beck,
-players,  possibly [[Mick Grace]] sitting second from left, [[Dick Harris]] third from left, [[George Johnson|George 'Mallee' Johnson]] sitting fourth from left, next [[Frank Caine]] (grey hair), [[George Bruce]] seventh from left, [[Jim Flynn]], [[Rod McGregor]].
-[[Billy Payne]] seated third from right next to child.[[Norman Clark]] seated second from right
-[[File:58385.jpg]]
-[[File:58386.jpg]]
-[[File:58387.jpg]]
- </center>
-<br>
-<center>
-[[File:58415.jpg]]
-<br>
-Norm Clark (left) and "Mallee" Johnson (centre)
+----[[Round 16, 1907|Round 16]] | [[Semi Final, 1907|Semi Final]]
-Image: SLV, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Melb)</center>
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-[[Round 17, 1907|Round 17]] | [[Grand Final, 1907|Grand Final]]