Round 18, 1946
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: Punt Road Oval | Date: Saturday August 24, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Loss by 32 points | Umpire: Spokes | Crowd: 38,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Conley 4, B.Chitty 3, R.Hines 2, J.Howell 2, F.Fitzgibbon 1, A.Way 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Richmond dominated this game at Punt Road, and had an astounding 45 scoring shots - yet only beat the Blues by 32 points. The Tigers' dreadful inaccuracy (they posted 1 goal, 12 behinds in the second quarter) was all that saved Carlton from humiliation.
Team
| B: | 18 Arthur Sanger (vc) | 15 Vin Brown | 27 Ollie Grieve |
| HB: | 23 Bert Deacon | 21 Ken Baxter | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 12 Doug Williams | 10 Clinton Wines | 8 Fred Fitzgibbon |
| HF: | 4 Alec Way | 1 Ken Hands | 20 Ray Garby |
| F: | 6 Bob Chitty (c) | 28 Fred Davies | 11 Ron Hines |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 3 Jack Bennett | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 24 Tom Eldridge | 7 Herb Turner | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
