Round 17, 1931
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday September 5, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lost by 4 points | Umpire: Batt | Crowd: 39,000 (approx.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: H.Vallence 3, M.Crisp 2, A.Egan 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: F.O'Rourke replaced B.O'Brien (broken rib) during the third quarter. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Despite a dominant last quarter by the Blues, fifth-placed Footscray held on to win this match by four points. Boom forward Les Allen (who had kicked 87 goals in only 29 games) was held goalless by the Bulldogs, and released to play for North Melbourne a few days later.
Soapy Vallence missed a shot on goal to win the game after the final bell. At the end of this round Carlton were in 3rd spot on the ladder with a percentage of 124.7.
White Laces
"White bootlaces are becoming the vogue among footballers.
At Essendon on Saturday almost half the players in each team wore them." (Sun-News Pic.Sept 07 p12)
Team
| B: | 23 Jim Crowe | 21 Frank Gill (vc) | 8 George Morrissey |
| HB: | 9 Eric Huxtable | 14 Jack Green | 6 Fred Gilby |
| C: | 25 Bernie O'Brien | 2 Colin Martyn (c) | 30 Vin Arthur |
| HF: | 12 Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp | 27 Alf Egan | 15 Maurie Johnson |
| F: | 20 Les Allen | 22 Harry Vallence | 29 Fred Williams |
| Ruck: | 17 Charlie Davey | 10 Denis Kelleher | 31 Ansell Clarke |
| 19th Man: | 32 Frank O'Rourke | ||
| Coach: | Dan Minogue | ||
Sporting Globe September 05
Milestones
Last Game: Les Allen
Last Game (Carlton): Bernie O'Brien
