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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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1909 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1909 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Carlton 0.60.101.123.14 32 LOST University 0.02.44.96.11 47 -15 PRI May 1 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 A Carlton 2.12.23.34.4 28 LOST South Melbourne 3.25.36.37.3 45 -17 LAK May 8 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 H Carlton 2.24.34.67.8 50 WON Collingwood 1.02.42.74.9 33 17 PRI May 15 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 A Carlton 1.54.76.128.13 61 LOST Geelong 3.26.68.1012.13 85 -24 COR May 22 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 A Carlton 3.25.48.612.8 80 WON Melbourne 2.16.57.88.9 57 23 MCG May 29 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 H Carlton 2.72.74.96.12 48 WON Fitzroy 0.11.52.65.9 39 9 PRI Jun 5 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 H Carlton 5.27.310.910.12 72 WON Richmond 1.15.15.26.7 43 29 PRI Jun 7 (Mon, 3:00) Scores
8 A Carlton 2.16.57.610.9 69 WON St. Kilda 3.34.44.85.10 40 29 JUN Jun 12 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 H Carlton 3.34.65.126.14 50 WON Essendon 0.41.51.74.9 33 17 PRI Jun 19 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 A Carlton 3.23.46.710.9 69 WON University 2.44.67.77.7 49 20 EME Jul 3 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 H Carlton 0.40.119.139.14 68 WON South Melbourne 3.24.44.56.8 44 24 PRI Jul 10 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 A Carlton 1.25.45.45.6 36 LOST Collingwood 1.22.44.65.7 37 -1 VIC Jul 17 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 H Carlton 6.48.613.1119.16 130 WON Geelong 3.14.67.810.10 70 60 PRI Jul 24 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 H Carlton 1.82.157.2010.21 81 WON Melbourne 0.21.32.44.6 30 51 PRI Jul 31 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
15 A Carlton 4.15.210.411.6 72 WON Fitzroy 0.11.61.72.9 21 51 BWS Aug 14 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
16 A Carlton 2.16.68.714.16 100 WON Richmond 3.34.48.69.6 60 40 PUN Aug 21 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
17 H Carlton 3.46.99.1011.13 79 WON St. Kilda 0.03.15.25.3 33 46 PRI Aug 28 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
18 A Carlton 1.52.84.116.13 49 WON Essendon 2.23.43.94.10 34 15 EME Sep 4 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
1SF H Carlton 4.17.412.714.8 92 WON Essendon 3.15.16.29.2 56 36 MCG Sep 11 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF H Carlton 2.05.57.710.9 69 WON South Melbourne 3.34.36.47.5 47 22 MCG Sep 25 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Carlton 0.52.93.114.12 36 LOST South Melbourne 0.52.94.124.14 38 -2 MCG Oct 2 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1909 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Baquie, Jack 16                             6 0.4    
Barningham, Alick 9                             4 0.4    
Beck, Les 17                             0 0.0    
Bruce, George 19                             3 0.2    
Caine, Frank 15                             33 2.2    
Clark, Norm 18                             0 0.0    
Elliott, Fred 21                             14 0.7    
Ford, Arthur 21                             0 0.0    
Gardiner, Vin 10                             12 1.2    
Gillespie, Doug 14                             0 0.0    
Gotz, Martin 18                             9 0.5    
Hammond, Charlie 20                             2 0.1    
Harris, Dick 3                             2 0.7    
Jamieson, Ernie 2                             0 0.0    
Jinks, Fred 12                             11 0.9    
Johnson, George 'Mallee' 19                             2 0.1    
Kelly, Harvey 18                             28 1.6    
Kennedy, Ted 16                             1 0.1    
Lang, Alex 20                             19 1.0    
Marchbank, Jim 19                             6 0.3    
McGregor, Rod 21                             0 0.0    
Neylan, Jim 2                             0 0.0    
Pattison, Andy 4                             1 0.3    
Payne, Billy 16                             0 0.0    
Renwick, George 4                             0 0.0    
Ritchie, Ray 1                             0 0.0    
Stewart, George 2                             0 0.0    
Topping, George 21                             36 1.7    
 

Footnotes

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