Round 17, 1941
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
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| Venue: |
Victoria Park |
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| Date: |
Saturday 23 August 1941 |
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| Result: |
Win by 2 points |
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| Crowd: |
30,000 |
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| Goalkickers: |
F.Gill 2, P.Schmidt 2, R.Cooper 2, C.Mann 2, J.Francis 1, J.Mooring 1, J.Wrout 1. |
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| Umpire: |
Coward |
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| Injuries: | J. Skinner (cut eyebrow) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Best: | B. Chitty, R. Cooper, K. Baxter, R. Savage, V. Brown, J. Skinner, F. Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
After 16 rounds the competition was incredibly close. A win over Collingwood at Victoria Park might result in top place - a loss in missing the finals altogether...
After leading all day, the Blues had to score the last goal to snatch victory, taking over second spot on the ladder and consigning the Pies to 5th place. Beautiful!! Carlton's best players were Ron Savage and Frank Anderson.
At the end of this round Carlton were in 2nd spot on the ladder with a percentage of 119.9.
Team
| B: | 2 Don McIntyre | 6 Bob Chitty | 5 George Bailey |
| HB: | 18 Arthur Sanger | 4 Ken Baxter | 1 Frank Anderson |
| C: | 15 Vin Brown | 8 Jack Skinner | 32 Bob Green |
| HF: | 19 Ron Cooper | 28 Jack Wrout | 31 Charlie McInnes |
| F: | 10 Jim Francis (c) | 27 Cyril Mann | 23 Paul Schmidt |
| Ruck: | 24 Ron Savage | 21 Frank Gill | 16 Jim Mooring |
| 19th Man: | 30 Mick Price | ||
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
