Round 6, 1938
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| Venue: |
Princes Park |
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| Date: |
Saturday 28 May 1938 |
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| Result: |
Loss by 5 points |
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| Crowd: |
20,000 |
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| Goalkickers: |
H.Vallence 7, R.Cooper 3, K.Baxter 3, J.McElroy 1. |
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| Umpire: |
Hawkins |
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| Injuries: |
B.Chitty (injured) replaced by G. Crisp at three quarter time |
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Game Review
</a>Melbourne bounced from the blocks with an eight goals to nil first quarter. Carlton made up ground steadily after that, thanks to the brilliance of 'Soapy' Vallence at full-forward, who booted 7 goals in a superb follow-up to his 8 goals against Collingwood the previous week. The last quarter was a cracker, as the Blues strove to get on terms with the Fuchsias, but in the end fell short by 5 points on the final bell.
Still, this was Carlton's first loss of the season, and we maintained our place on top of the ladder - one win clear of Collingwood.
This game also featured one of Carlton's greatest ever grabs, with Jim Park soaring over his opponent for a speccie you have to see to believe - more on this [tiki-read_article.php?articleId=142|here].
At the end of this round Carlton were in 1st spot on the ladder with a percentage of 114.2.
Team
| B: | 2 Don McIntyre | 21 Frank Gill | 26 Jim Park |
| HB: | 9 Eric Huxtable | 10 Jim Francis (vc) | 6 Bob Chitty |
| C: | 7 Jack Carney | 12 Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp | 32 Bob Green |
| HF: | 4 Ken Baxter | 1 Frank Anderson | 11 Jack Hale |
| F: | 3 Fred Ayers | 22 Harry Vallence | 30 Mick Price |
| Ruck: | 5 Brighton Diggins (cc) | 15 Jack McElroy | 19 Ron Cooper |
| 19th Man: | 8 Gordon Crisp | ||
| Coach: | Brighton Diggins | ||
Interesting Fact: This was the ninth time that Carlton has used numbers 1 to 10 in the same senior side, the last time was Semi Final, 1919 and in this game numbers 1 to 12 were used.
Left - Right, Back; Jim Park, Don McIntyre, Ron Cooper, Jack McElroy, Ken Baxter, Frank Anderson, Fred Ayers, Eric Huxtable, Bob Chitty. Middle; Jack Hale, Frank Gill, Jim Francis, Brighton Diggins, Bob Green, Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp, Gordon Crisp. Front: Albert 'Mick' Price, Harry Vallence, Jack Carney. If anyone disagrees, please contact blueseum.
Trove; Weekly Times June 04
Trove; Weekly Times June 04
