Round 10, 1952
| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday June 28, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 55 points | Umpire: Blumfield | Crowd: 12,617 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Spencer 6, J.Howell 3, K.Warbuton 2, D.Beasy 1, F.Davies 1, J.Mills 1, B.Milroy 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: Hodgson, Conley, Spencer, Grieve, Milroy, Beasy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: F. Stafford (cramps) replaced by Guy last quarter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
A terribly inaccurate Carlton still overcome their kicking woes to post a 55 point victory over Footscray.
An easy win for the Blues who were superior in all aspects of the game. Carlton has a solid backline, a devastating centreline, a potentially good forward line, and they are strong in the rucks. The missing piece is a top line rover, although this week Spencer kicked 6 goals, but he is not as effective when he is on the ball. The Blues put the result out of question in the third term with 6.5 - 2.8 burst. Carlton's team work came to the fore, with handball, short passing, and players backing each other up.
Team
| B: | 35 Jack Conley | 27 Ollie Grieve | 1 Ken Hands (acting capt.) |
| HB: | 16 John Brown | 14 Vin English | 33 Ritchie Green |
| C: | 11 Laurie Kerr | 10 Fred Stafford | 8 Arthur Hodgson |
| HF: | 7 Keith Warburton | 2 Bill Milroy | 17 Doug Beasy |
| F: | 20 Tom Jones | 13 Jack Howell | 32 Jack Spencer |
| Ruck: | 28 Fred Davies | 24 Harry Caspar | 9 Jack Mills |
| Res: | 4 Doug Guy | 23 John Chick | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
A STOP AHEAD OF TIME
Moorabbin (VFA) players wore rubber stops/studs which were moulded as part of the rubber sole. The players were enthusiastic about the effectiveness of these stops. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244385350 Many years later nylon stops replaced the leather, and then screw-in and some moulded soles with stops became popular. --- Round 9 | Round 11"
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| Venue: Glenferrie Oval | Date: Saturday July 5, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 37 points | Umpire: McMurray | Crowd: 11,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Howell 3, T.Jones 2, D.Beasy 1, F.Davies 1, L.Kerr 1, B.Milroy 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Ollie Grieve | Injuries: Caspar (bruised thigh) replaced by Ferry last quarter. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton would defeat the Hawks for the second time of the year, this time by 37 points, in this game at Glenferrie.
During the 3rd quarter boundary umpire D Hall reported Grieve for attempting to strike a spectator. “However, Grieve told the Tribunal that he merely had lost balance after flying for a mark and had crashed into the boundary fence and spectators.” (From page 203 of ‘Carlton, The 100 Greatest’ by Jim Main and Russell Holmesby) and the case was thrown out.
Carlton held a 20 point lead at three quarter time, but Hawthorn had the wind in the final term and looked capable of taking out the game. The Blues had looked like it had blown it's chances with the wind in the third term by poor kicking and added a shocking 2.10 - 1.0 . Perc Bentley then moved Jack Howell from the forward line into the ruck, and this move stymied any drive the Hawks expected from their ruck division. With the wind slackening, Howell provided the Blues with the drive they needed, and out scored Hawthorn by 3.3 - 0.1. The back line in this term was impenetrable and was led admirably by Ollie Grieve.
Best
Grieve, Brown, Spencer, Beasy, Kerr, Howell
Team
| B: | 35 Jack Conley | 27 Ollie Grieve | 1 Ken Hands (acting capt.) |
| HB: | 16 John Brown | 14 Vin English | 33 Ritchie Green |
| C: | 11 Laurie Kerr | 10 Fred Stafford | 8 Arthur Hodgson |
| HF: | 7 Keith Warburton | 2 Bill Milroy | 17 Doug Beasy |
| F: | 20 Tom Jones | 13 Jack Howell | 32 Jack Spencer |
| Ruck: | 28 Fred Davies | 24 Harry Caspar | 9 Jack Mills |
| Res: | 25 George Ferry | 34 A. Max Thomas | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
