Round 3, 1903: Difference between revisions

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Carlton	2.3	15	3.8	26	5.12	42	7.14	56
Essendon	1.0	6	4.1	25	4.1	25	5.5	35

Venue: East Melbourne Cricket Ground

Date: Saturday May 16, 1903

Result: Won by 21 points

Umpire: Crapp

Crowd:

Goalkickers: J.Sullivan 2, F.Webber 2, M.Grace 1, A.Snell 1, G.Topping 1.

Reports: Nil

Injuries: Nil

Game Review

Former Fitzroy champion Mick Grace added talent and experience to the Carlton line-up that defeated Essendon by 21 points at East Melbourne. Talked into a comeback at the age of 28 by Carlton coach Jack Worrall, Grace was to provide enormous value to the Blues for five seasons, and play a key role in Carlton’s first two Premierships.

Against the Same Old, Grace was effective at centre half-forward as his new team led throughout. Despite poor shooting for goal, the Blues won comfortably and cemented their place in the top four – although that situation would remain skewed until the postponed round 2 match against Geelong was played later in the year.

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Team

B:	Bill McNamara	Charlie Tough	Albert Trim
HB:	Jim Opie	Ernie Walton (vc)	Gordon Ross
C:	George Topping	Arthur Ford	Charlie Roland
HF:	Bob Jacobson	Mick Grace	Fred Webber
F:	Fred Elliott	Fred Scott	Joe Sullivan
Ruck:	Joe McShane (c)	Jim Flynn	Archie Snell
Coach:	Jack Worrall

Changes

In : M.Grace, B.McNamara, G.Topping Out : H.McShane, S.Stivey, B.Leeds

Milestones

Debut : Mick Grace

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-		<td>Venue: SCG </td>
+		<td>Venue: East Melbourne Cricket Ground </td>
-		<td>Date: Monday August 3, 1903</td>
+		<td>Date: Saturday May 16, 1903</td>
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-		<td>Result: Lost by 10 points </td>
+		<td>Result: Won by 21 points </td>
-		<td>Umpire: R.Gibson</td>
+		<td>Umpire: Crapp</td>
-		<td>Crowd: 5,000</td>
+		<td>Crowd: </td>
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-		<td colspan="3">Goalkickers: J.Sullivan 2, M.Grace 1, H.McShane 1, J.Opie 1, F.Scott 1. </td>
+		<td colspan="3">Goalkickers: J.Sullivan 2, F.Webber 2, M.Grace 1, A.Snell 1, G.Topping 1. </td>
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 ===Game Review===
+Former Fitzroy champion [[Mick Grace]] added talent and experience to the Carlton line-up that defeated Essendon by 21 points at East Melbourne. Talked into a comeback at the age of 28 by Carlton coach [[Jack Worrall]], Grace was to provide enormous value to the Blues for five seasons, and play a key role in Carlton’s first two Premierships.
-This game was originally scheduled to be played on May 9, but was postponed by a train workers' strike. Col Hutchison Geelong and AFL historian in a podcast A Yank On Footy, said the Blues were on the Geelong train when it came to a sudden halt and were told that it was going no further as a strike has been called.  Another date in Geelong was impossible as the only free date available the ground had been booked out.
+Against the Same Old, Grace was effective at centre half-forward as his new team led throughout. Despite poor shooting for goal, the Blues won comfortably and cemented their place in the top four – although that situation would remain skewed until the postponed round 2 match against Geelong was played later in the year.
-Eventually, it was transferred to the Sydney Cricket Ground as a promotional exercise and set down for Saturday, August 1. However, days of heavy rain beforehand meant that the ground was not in a suitable condition for a first class exhibition, so it was again postponed to Monday the third. Geelong took the train to Sydney whereas the train wary Blues travelled by ship.
-When the game eventually began, an even contest to half-time was blown open by the Cats in the third quarter, when they cracked the Carlton defence to pile on four goals to nil and take a stranglehold on the match. The Blues managed  3.3 to 1.1 in an entertaining last term, but the task was too big and the Pivotonians held on to win by 10 points.
-So, heading into the Sectional rounds, the Blues were still solidly third on the ladder, although their form had been alarmingly patchy over recent weeks. So too had been the team’s leading goal-kicker, [[Joe Sullivan]]. Despite two majors in this match, Joe slipped to fourth place on the table, four behind the leader for most of the year; Ted Rowell of Collingwood.
-[[File:62812.jpg|left]]
-[[File:58279.jpg|left]]
-The image provided is from the ''Australian Town and Country Journal'' (NSW : 1870 - 1907), of Wednesday, 5 August, 1903, page 35.
-On the following Wednesday, Carlton played another match on the SCG, against a NSW representative side.
-See the [[1903]] page for details.
-===Carlton vs Geelong===
-For a preview of the game from the Evening News (Sydney) 28 July, click here> http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115854538
+Please click [[1903 Fixture Changes|here]] for more details.
-===Sydney Reception for Carlton and Geelong===
+===Team						===
-To read click here> http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115856075
-[[File:62811.jpg|left]]
-===Team			===
 <center><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="background-color:lightgrey">
-<tr><td><b>B:</b></td> <td>	Charlie O'Connor	</td> <td>	Frank Hince	</td> <td>	Gordon Ross	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>B:</b></td> <td>	Bill McNamara	</td> <td>	Charlie Tough	</td> <td>	Albert Trim	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>HB:</b></td> <td>	Bill McNamara	</td> <td>	Ernie Walton (vc)	</td> <td>	Albert Trim	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>HB:</b></td> <td>	Jim Opie	</td> <td>	Ernie Walton (vc)	</td> <td>	Gordon Ross	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>C:</b></td> <td>	George Bruce	</td> <td>	Arthur Ford	</td> <td>	Charlie Tough	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>C:</b></td> <td>	George Topping	</td> <td>	Arthur Ford	</td> <td>	Charlie Roland	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>HF:</b></td> <td>	Henry McShane	</td> <td>	Mick Grace	</td> <td>	Fred Scott	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>HF:</b></td> <td>	Bob Jacobson	</td> <td>	[[Mick Grace]]	</td> <td>	Fred Webber	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>F:</b></td> <td>	[[Alex Barlow]]	</td> <td>	Jim Opie	</td> <td>	Joe Sullivan	</td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>F:</b></td> <td>	Fred Elliott	</td> <td>	Fred Scott	</td> <td>	Joe Sullivan	</td> </tr>
-<tr><td><b>Ruck:</b></td> <td> Joe McShane (c) </td> <td> Fred Elliott </td> <td> Archie Snell </td> </tr>
+<tr><td><b>Ruck:</b></td> <td> Joe McShane (c) </td> <td> Jim Flynn </td> <td> Archie Snell </td> </tr>
 <tr><td><b>Coach:</b></td> <td colspan="3"> Jack Worrall </td></tr></table></center>
 ===Changes===
-'''In :''' B.McNamara, C.Tough, A.Barlow
+'''In :''' M.Grace, B.McNamara, G.Topping
-'''Out :''' C.Ross, F.Webber, B.Leeds
+'''Out :''' H.McShane, S.Stivey, B.Leeds
-[[File:63029.jpg|left]]
-Officials; possibly George Topping, M.B. Hearne, unknown, unknown, G.H. Ievers, F.H. Bromley, unknown
-Players (18) L-R Back Row;  possibly, Ernie Walton, Fred Scott, Frank Hince, (Jack Worrall (coach), W. F. Evans), Gordon Ross, Albert Trim, Bill McNamara, Weekes? ( trainer)
-Middle Row; Alex Barlow, Charlie Tough, Fred Elliott, Henry McShane, Mick Grace, George, Bruce, Arthur Ford.
-Front Row; Charlie O'Connor, Archie Snell, Jim Opie, (looks like C. Ross but he was not selected) Joe McShane,
-(Joe Sullivan was selected) McShanes are difficult to identify, as some others are.
-First draft of naming. Your input is welcome. To be completed.
-Missing head; Alex Barlow
 ===Milestones===
-'''Last Game :''' [[Alex Barlow]]
+'''Debut :''' [[Mick Grace]]
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-[[Round 13, 1903|Round 13]] | [[Round 14, 1903|Round 14]]
+[[Round 1, 1903|Round 1]] | [[Round 4, 1903|Round 4]]