Round 15, 1919
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 23, 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Won by 16 points | Umpire: Craig | Crowd: 18,000 - 20,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: B.Boromeo 4, C.Fisher 2, F.Mercovich 2, G.Green 1, H.Haughton 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: F.Johnson, P.O'Brien, M.Keily, T.Brown, J.Prince, N.Chandler, C.Fisher, B.Boromeo, S.Leehane, L.Downs, H.Haughton, F.Martin, G.Green. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: H.Haughton (ribs) during the third quarter. C.Canet | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The in-form Blues beat the Saints by 16 points in this game and stretched their streak to 3 wins while retaining their spot in the top 4.
At the end of this round Carlton were in 4th spot on the ladder with a percentage of 142.2.
Out: McGregor (leg), Cowley, Ewans
In: Keily, Furnell, Down
Quarter x Quarter Goal Scorers
1 QTR: Boromeo 2, Fisher 2 QTR: Boromeo, Merovich, Haughton 3 QTR: Fisher, Mercovich, Downs*/Green 4 QTR: Boromeo .* Saturday's Herald named Downs as goal scorer.
Team
| B: | 3 Andy McDonald | 4 Mort Keily | 19 Fred Johnson |
| HB: | 25 Frank Martin | 10 Paddy O'Brien (vc) | 9 Ted Brown |
| C: | 24 Joe Prince | 12 Charlie Canet | 8 Newton Chandler |
| HF: | 13 Frank Mercovich | 27 Bert Boromeo | 1 Harry Furnell |
| F: | 2 Percy Daykin | 16 Gordon Green | 7 Charlie Fisher (c) |
| Ruck: | 5 Harry Haughton | 6 Steve Leehane | 28 Lyle Downs |
| Coach: | Viv Valentine | ||
Interesting Fact: This was the sixth time that Carlton has used numbers 1 to 10 in the same senior side, the last time was Round 13, 1917.
