1932
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1932 Summary
The Carlton AGM to be held February 03 states; "that unemployment, due the depression, was responsible for a drop in membership from 5844 to 4123 (excluding honorary and life members) but the club's share of gate receipts from the 18 home and home matches increased from £2625 to £2645, which is a League record for any club, and incidentally, for the sixth year in succession the club's gate receipts were the highest in the League - a tribute to the popularity of the club and its drawing capacity." (Sun-News Pic January 15 p18)
In 1932 Sir William Brunton would open the Robert Heatley stand, which cost 7000 pounds to build. On the field, Carlton would build on the improving form of the past 6 season, and go on to compete in our first Grand Final since 1921.
After losing the first two games of the season, the Blues showed great form, winning 11 games straight, including wins against Collingwood, Richmond and Geelong, who had been the clubs main competition over the past few years. The club was in first place on the ladder, by percentage from South Melbourne, one of the two teams to have beaten us in the first two rounds.
The winning run was upset by a close 5 point loss at the hands of Richmond in round 14, but another four wins on the trot would follow to end the home and away season. The last of these games, in round 18, resulted in an 87 point thumping of St Kilda, a perfect confidence builder to enter the finals on. Carlton finished the regular season in top spot, half a game ahead of Richmond and one game in front of Collingwood. Both shaped to be major dangers to the Blues in the finals, Collingwood having won four straight flags between 1927 and 1930, and Richmond having knocked Carlton out of the finals three years running (1927-1929). Geelong, who had won the last two Grand Finals, slipped out of the top 4 and finished in fifth place.
Carlton would enter the second Semi Final against Richmond having split their home and away games. Richmond had proven to be Carlton's bogy side though in the late 1920's and early 1930's. It appeared that the Blues might have finally gotten over this when they jumped the Tigers in the first quarter, kicking 5 goals to 1 to open up a 24 point lead. By three quarter time, Richmond had pulled the deficit back to 13 points, and went on to win the match by 25 points (18.16 124 to 14.15 99) by kicking 8 goals to 2 in the last term.
In the Preliminary Final Collingwood opened up a 6 point lead at the first break, but a 7 goal to 3 second term gave the Blues a 14 point buffer at half time. Carlton destroyed Collingwood in the third quarter, kicking 10 goals to 3 to destroy the game as a contest. Two unanswered goals in the final term saw the Blues 75 point winners (23.19 157 to 11.16 82) to set up a rematch with the Tigers for the flag.
The Grand Final lived up to expectation and was close all day, but unfortunately Richmond maintained a slender lead at every break to run out 9 point winners (13.14 92 to 12.11 83). This Grand Final was near the end of our 23 year Premiership drought (between 1915 and 1938, a period in which we would play in three losing Grand Finals - 1916, 1921 and 1932.
Blues legend Harry Vallence would come as close as he ever would to kicking 100 goals in a season, falling horribly short, by only 3 goals. Vallence was a mainstay of the Blues forward line from 1929 onwards.
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | For | Against | % |
| 1 | Carlton | 15 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 250.303.1803 | 182.216.1308 | 137.8 |
| 2 | Richmond | 14 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 211.260.1526 | 148.208.1096 | 139.2 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 14 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 237.222.1644 | 202.261.1473 | 111.6 |
| 4 | Sth Melbourne | 13 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 213.253.1531 | 178.229.1297 | 118 |
| 5 | Geelong | 11 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 260.265.1825 | 179.232.1306 | 139.7 |
| 6 | Essendon | 10 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 207.246.1488 | 203.226.1444 | 103 |
| 7 | Footscray | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 167.227.1229 | 164.204.1188 | 103.5 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 217.233.1535 | 227.219.1581 | 97.1 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 180.201.1281 | 236.259.1675 | 76.5 |
| 10 | Fitzroy | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 193.203.1361 | 255.256.1786 | 76.2 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 175.213.1263 | 247.271.1753 | 72 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 140.194.1034 | 229.239.1613 | 64.1 |
People of 1932
Captain: Colin Martyn Coach: Dan Minogue Leading Goal-kicker: Harry Vallence - 97 goals (new club record)
Milestones
Debuts: Keith Shea, Ron Cooper, Horrie Bullen, Jim Park, Charlie Street, Ralph Green, Frank Walshe, Jim Williamson, Gordon Mackie, Leo Opray, Jack Young
Practice Matches
April 02 at Princes Park Crowd; 4,000 The new grandstand is nearing completion Frank Gill and Colin Martyn captained the teams. Herald p3 Argus 04 p9 to be completed
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Gallery
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1932 GF - Tigers defeat Blues in a classic.100 Years of Australian Rules Football. -
1930 - 1932 - Carlton's Season Review. -
1932 Prelim. - Vallence bags 11 goals. -
1932 2nd Semi Vs Richmond. -
1932 - Blues draw with Tigers. -
Princes Park 1932Image courtesy of Carlton Football Club -
1932 The Carlton Team In CaricatureImage courtesy of Carlton Football Club -
View From The Press Box Wing At Princes Park 1932Image courtesy of Carlton Football Club -
1932 Round 9 v Footscray Frank Gill 1932 Round 9 v Footscray Trove; Sporting Globe July 06 -
Jack Green Is Ruled Out Of The 1932 Grand FinalImage courtesy of Carlton Football Club -
Carlton Footballers Cricket Team 1932 33The Carlton Footballers Cricket Club competed in the North Suburban Cricket Association from 1929 to 1934. Image courtesy of Carlton Football Club. -
1932 G. F. Stats v Richmond 1932 Grand Final Stats v Richmond Trove; Sporting Globe October 01 -
1932 Semi Final Stats v Richmond 1932 Semi Final Stats v Richmond Sporting Globe September 17 -
1932 Rnd 16 Stats v Collingwood 1932 Rnd 16 Stats v Collingwood Sporting Globe August 20 -
1932 Rnd 10 Stats vs Essendon 1932 Rnd 10 Stats vs Essendon Sporting Globe July 09 -
1932 Rnd 13 Stats v South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 Stats v South Melbourne Sporting Globe July 30 -
1932 VFL & VFA Ground Sizes 1932 VFL/VFA ground sizes Argus August 12 -
1932 Semi Final vs Richmond 1932 Semi Final vs Richmond Table Talk September 22 p7 -
1932 Vin Arthur 1932 Vin Arthur Referee April 20 -
1932 Frank Gill 1932 Frank Gill Referee April 20 -
1932 Maurie Johnson 1932 Maurie Johnson Referee October 05 -
1932 Colin Martyn1932 Colin Martyn Referee April 20 -
1932 Dan Minogue - Carlton Coach 1932 Dan Minogue - Carlton Coach Referee April 20 -
1932 Charlie Davey 1932 Charlie Davey Referee April 20 -
1932 Jim Crowe 1932 Jim Crowe Referee April 20 -
1932 A. Doyle 1932 A. Doyle Referee March 23 -
1932 Colin Martyn caricature 1932 Colin Martyn Referee September 21 -
1932 Dave Crone 1932 Dave Crone Sporting Globe May 14 -
1932 Rnd 3 v Richmond 1932 Rnd 3 v Richmond Referee May 18 -
1932 Carlton Grand Final team v Richmond 1932 Carlton Grand Final team v Richmond Table Talk October 06 -
1932 Rnd 13 Carlton Team v South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 Carlton Team v South Melbourne Table Talk August 04 p6 -
1932 Rnd 13 vs South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 vs South Melbourne Table Talk August 04 p6 -
1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne Table talk August 04 p6 -
1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne Table Talk August 04 -
1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne Table Talk August 04 p6 -
1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne Table Talk August 04 -
1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne 1932 Rnd 13 v South Melbourne Referee August 03 -
1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood 1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood Argus September 26 p5 -
1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood 1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood Table Talk -
1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood 1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood Table Talk -
1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood 1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood Charlie Davey Table Talk -
1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood 1932 Prelim Final v Collingwood Table Talk September 29 p6 -
1932 Rnd 10 v Essendon 1932 Rnd 10 v Essendon Sporting Globe July 13 -
1932 Rnd 9 v Footscray 1932 Rnd 9 v Footscray Sporting Globe July 06 -
1932 Dave Crone cartoon 1932 Dave Crone cartoon Sporting Globe July 27 -
1932 Grand Final 1932 Grand Final Argus October 01 -
1932 Semi Final v Richmond 1932 Semi Final v Richmond Table Talk September 22 p7 -
1932 Semi Final v Richmond 1932 Semi Final v Richmond Table Talk September 22 p7 -
1932 Semi Final v Richmond 1932 Semi Final v Richmond Table Talk September 22 p7 -
1932 Princes Park1932 Princes Park ground staff -
1932 Robert Heatley Stand official opening1932 Robert Heatley Stand official opening Trove; Herald May 07 p4 -
1932 Rnd 2 v South Melbourne at Princes Park 1932 Rnd 2 v South Melbourne at Princes Park Trove: Sporting Globe May 03 p8 -
1932 Rd 3 - Gordon Mackie attempts to smother kick. -
1932 Rnd 16 v Collingwood at Victoria Park 1932 Rnd 16 v Collingwood at Victoria Park Trove; Sporting Globe August 24 Maurie Johnson and Edmonds Coll. -
1932 CFC cartoon 1932 CFC cartoon Sporting Globe July 27 -
Melbourne Motordrome in 1928 Motordrome (1928) Carlton played Melbourne Rnd 6 1932 on the ground as the MCG was undergoing resurfacing. Trove; Herald April 04 p15 1928 Image, light colour focus adjusted. -
1932 Grand Final - Charlie Davey marks with Micky Crisp watching. -
1932 Proposed name for new Princes Park grandstand 1932 Proposed name for new Princes Park grandstand Trove; Sun News Pictorial February 16 p6 -
1932 CFC Pen Pics Sun News Pic Sept 24 P20 Capture
