Round 18, 1950
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
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Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday August 26, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Won by 12 points | Umpire: Beitzel | Crowd: 9,875 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: K.Baxter 5, R.Garby 3, J.Clark 1, J.Conley 1, F.Davies 1, J.Mills 1, H.Sullivan 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
In this, his farewell match against South Melbourne at Princes Park, one of Carlton's all-time greats in Ken Baxter kicked five goals to finish a great career in style. Six times our club's leading goal-kicker, and a triple Premiership player in 1938, 1945 and 1947, Baxter was inducted into Carlton's Hall of Fame in 1998.
On this cold and wet Saturday afternoon, the Blues finished a disappointing year - having fallen from second in 1949 - in 8th place on the ladder, with a lowly percentage of 93.3.
Team
| B: | 33 Ritchie Green | 25 Jim Baird | 1 Ken Hands (vc) |
| HB: | 16 John Brown | 27 Ollie Grieve | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 11 Laurie Kerr | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 20 Ray Garby | 2 Harry Sullivan | 8 Arthur Hodgson |
| F: | 14 Vin English | 21 Ken Baxter | 9 Jack Mills |
| Ruck: | 28 Fred Davies | 24 Harry Caspar | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 10 Fred Stafford | 5 Bill Huntington | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Debut: Harry Sullivan, Bill Huntington
Last Game: Ken Baxter, Ray Garby
