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KEY FACTS

Official name
Carlton Football Club

Known as
Carlton

Nickname
Blues

Formed
1864

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Northern Bullants; Carlton Reserves; Carlton WFC; Carlton WFC (VFLW); Carlton U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1864, 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

AFL Premierships
1995 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1906-07-08, 1914-15, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981-82, 1987 (15 total)

VFA Premierships
1877, 1887 (2 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1968, 1970 (2 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1983, 1997, 2005, 2007 (4 total); McClelland Trophy: 1969, 1979, 1985 [joint winners], 1987, 1995 (5 total)

Most Games
375 - Craig Bradley (1986-2002)

Most Goals
738 - Stephen Kernahan (1986-1997)

League Top Goalkickers
M.Grace (50) 1906; E.Cowley (35) 1918; H.Clover (56) 1922; H.Vallence (86) 1931; T.Carroll (54) 1961; B.Fevola (84) 2006 & (89) 2009; H.McKay (58) 2021; C.Curnow (64) 2022 (8 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Bert Deacon 1947; John James 1961; Gordon Collis 1964; Greg Williams 1994; Chris Judd 2010; Patrick Cripps 2022 (6 total)

Headquarters
Ikon Park, 400 Royal Parade, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Postal Address
PO Box 83, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Phone: (03) 9387 1400 

Email
blues@carltonfc.com.au

Website
carltonfc.com.au

Carlton



"Watched by what remains (and is likely to remain) an Australian record crowd for any football match of 121,696 Carlton looked dead and buried at the long break inducing Barassi to unleash his now famous instruction to his players to "handball, handball, handball". The players' compliance with this command, coupled with the inspirational impact of nineteenth man Ted Hopkins, saw the pattern of the game alter completely...."

John Devaney reports on the colorful history of the old dark navy Blues and their record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1898 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1898 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Carlton 2.24.35.56.11 47 WON South Melbourne 1.21.72.103.12 30 17 PRI May 14 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 A Carlton 1.03.03.04.2 26 LOST Melbourne 2.36.410.912.11 83 -57 MCG May 21 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 H Carlton 1.02.02.32.4 16 LOST Essendon 2.44.44.44.4 28 -12 PRI May 24 (Tue, 3:00) Scores
4 H Carlton 1.11.23.44.5 29 LOST Geelong 0.31.91.123.12 30 -1 PRI May 28 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 A Carlton 0.30.30.50.6 6 LOST Collingwood 2.15.56.96.12 48 -42 VIC Jun 4 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 A Carlton 0.13.53.54.9 33 LOST Fitzroy 4.24.35.75.7 37 -4 BWS Jun 11 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 H Carlton 3.54.75.125.13 43 WON St. Kilda 1.03.23.35.3 33 10 PRI Jun 18 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
8 A Carlton 0.00.30.31.6 12 LOST South Melbourne 0.32.46.76.8 44 -32 LAK Jun 25 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 H Carlton 3.03.14.44.4 28 DRAW Melbourne 0.11.82.83.10 28 0 PRI Jul 9 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 A Carlton 0.20.20.21.3 9 LOST Essendon 1.23.45.710.17 77 -68 EME Jul 16 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 A Carlton 0.03.03.05.2 32 LOST Geelong 4.24.26.98.10 58 -26 COR Jul 23 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 H Carlton 0.00.11.41.4 10 LOST Collingwood 1.32.63.63.11 29 -19 PRI Jul 30 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 H Carlton 2.22.33.43.4 22 LOST Fitzroy 1.04.25.48.6 54 -32 PRI Aug 13 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 A Carlton 2.33.48.810.9 69 WON St. Kilda 4.15.55.58.7 55 14 JUN Aug 20 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
SR1 A Carlton 0.01.11.11.2 8 LOST Essendon 0.72.118.149.21 75 -67 EME Aug 27 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
SR2 A Carlton 1.11.11.11.1 7 LOST Fitzroy 2.74.108.1412.18 90 -83 BWS Sep 3 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
SR3 A Carlton 0.20.22.23.4 22 LOST South Melbourne 0.13.45.86.11 47 -25 LAK Sep 10 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1898 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Aitken, Jimmy 2                             0 0.0    
Armstrong, Bob 2                             0 0.0    
Balharry, Jim 1                             0 0.0    
Barlow, Fred 1                             0 0.0    
Breese, Chic 13                             7 0.5    
Brown, Charlie 12                             1 0.1    
Casey, Bill 16                             0 0.0    
Chapman, Sam 12                             5 0.4    
Churchyard, Bill 5                             1 0.2    
Considine, Pat 1                             0 0.0    
Cowcher, Jim 5                             0 0.0    
Curtis, Charlie 16                             1 0.1    
Dohrmann, Herman 11                             2 0.2    
Donaghy, Mick 10                             0 0.0    
Douglas, Jack 1                             0 0.0    
Dunne, Henry 13                             6 0.5    
Kinman, Tommy 2                             1 0.5    
Lyons, Jim 2                             0 0.0    
Manchester, Oscar 7                             1 0.1    
Meadowcroft, Des 2                             0 0.0    
Moore, Alf 1                             0 0.0    
Morrison, Len 17                             4 0.2    
O'Cock, Wally 12                             3 0.3    
O'Day, Tommy 13                             8 0.6    
Patterson, Bill 3                             0 0.0    
Pender, Dan 4                             0 0.0    
Pender, Mick 1                             0 0.0    
Pender Snr, Jim 15                             4 0.3    
Reekie, Jack 14                             0 0.0    
Roberts, Jack 14                             2 0.1    
Sharkey, Bill 16                             0 0.0    
Stewart, Dick 4                             0 0.0    
Sweatman, Charlie 16                             0 0.0    
Vernon, Les 3                             1 0.3    
Walsh, Bobby 17                             5 0.3    
Walton, Ernie 16                             0 0.0    
Warde, George 17                             2 0.1    
Weir, Bill 7                             0 0.0    
Williams, Peter 8                             0 0.0    
Young, George 8                             1 0.1    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.