Round 9, 1940
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
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| Venue: |
Princes Park |
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| Date: |
Saturday 22 June 1940 |
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| Result: |
Lose by 4 points |
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| Crowd: |
13,000 |
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| Goalkickers: |
P.Schmidt 5, B.McTaggert 3, B.Chitty 2, J.Hale 2, J.Wrout 2, F.Anderson 1, J.Carney 1. |
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| Reports: |
Frank Anderson (Striking Sel Murray) - Not Guilty; Gordon Cameron (Striking Syd Dyer) - 2 Matches. |
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| Umpire: |
Morgan |
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| Injuries: |
J.Hale (bruised shoulder & slight concussion) replaced by R. Savage, J.Park (bruised thigh), R.McLean (collapsed after the game, but recovered.) |
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Game Review
Carlton fell to the lowly Kangaroos, and fell further off the pace in the Premiership race. After this, we sat in sixth place, two wins behind 5th-placed Essendon.
Team
| B: | 1 Frank Anderson | 26 Jim Park | 34 Bernie Bignell |
| HB: | 10 Jim Francis (acting capt.) | 4 Ken Baxter | 9 Gordon Cameron |
| C: | 7 Jack Carney | 2 Don McIntyre | 32 Bob Green |
| HF: | 16 Jim Mooring | 28 Jack Wrout | 19 Ron Cooper |
| F: | 6 Bob Chitty | 20 Bert McTaggart | 23 Paul Schmidt |
| Ruck: | 14 Rod McLean | 3 Jack Bennett | 11 Jack Hale |
| 19th Man: | 24 Ron Savage | ||
| Coach: | Brighton Diggins | ||
