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
1954 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Carlton's 1954 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954-04-17 1 | A | Carlton | 2.4 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 11.13 | 79 | LOST | South Melbourne | 1.6 | 3.8 | 6.13 | 11.18 | 84 | -5 | LAK | 1954-04-17 Apr 17 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-04-24 2 | H | Carlton | 6.3 | 7.4 | 10.10 | 12.10 | 82 | LOST | Melbourne | 3.1 | 9.5 | 12.6 | 15.11 | 101 | -19 | PRI | 1954-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-05-01 3 | A | Carlton | 3.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 12.8 | 80 | LOST | Richmond | 2.3 | 4.6 | 10.14 | 14.20 | 104 | -24 | PUN | 1954-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-05-08 4 | H | Carlton | 6.6 | 7.11 | 13.20 | 17.21 | 123 | LOST | Footscray | 8.3 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 20.14 | 134 | -11 | PRI | 1954-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-05-15 5 | A | Carlton | 0.2 | 6.10 | 7.13 | 9.15 | 69 | WON | Essendon | 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.14 | 8.18 | 66 | 3 | WIN | 1954-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-05-22 6 | A | Carlton | 2.1 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 15.10 | 100 | WON | Fitzroy | 2.4 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 8.10 | 58 | 42 | BWS | 1954-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-05-29 7 | H | Carlton | 4.5 | 5.8 | 9.15 | 12.20 | 92 | WON | Geelong | 3.2 | 7.6 | 10.14 | 11.16 | 82 | 10 | PRI | 1954-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-06-05 8 | A | Carlton | 2.1 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | Collingwood | 0.5 | 2.9 | 6.13 | 11.15 | 81 | -9 | VIC | 1954-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-06-14 9 | H | Carlton | 2.2 | 4.7 | 4.10 | 5.11 | 41 | WON | Hawthorn | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 4.12 | 36 | 5 | PRI | 1954-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-06-26 10 | A | Carlton | 1.4 | 5.6 | 8.8 | 9.10 | 64 | LOST | North Melbourne | 3.4 | 7.7 | 8.10 | 9.13 | 67 | -3 | ARD | 1954-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-07-03 11 | H | Carlton | 2.3 | 3.7 | 7.10 | 9.16 | 70 | LOST | St. Kilda | 5.2 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 12.10 | 82 | -12 | PRI | 1954-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-07-10 12 | H | Carlton | 3.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 11.10 | 76 | WON | South Melbourne | 5.1 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 10.10 | 70 | 6 | PRI | 1954-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-07-17 13 | A | Carlton | 2.0 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 41 | LOST | Melbourne | 2.4 | 4.6 | 7.11 | 10.16 | 76 | -35 | MCG | 1954-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-07-31 14 | H | Carlton | 1.3 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 9.11 | 65 | WON | Richmond | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 6.10 | 46 | 19 | PRI | 1954-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-08-07 15 | A | Carlton | 3.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 8.12 | 60 | WON | Footscray | 3.2 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 43 | 17 | WES | 1954-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-08-14 16 | H | Carlton | 1.3 | 6.5 | 8.13 | 10.16 | 76 | LOST | Essendon | 1.5 | 5.7 | 8.10 | 11.14 | 80 | -4 | PRI | 1954-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-08-21 17 | H | Carlton | 3.2 | 7.6 | 13.6 | 22.11 | 143 | WON | Fitzroy | 5.0 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 14.7 | 91 | 52 | PRI | 1954-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
| 1954-08-28 18 | A | Carlton | 1.2 | 2.4 | 5.11 | 6.13 | 49 | LOST | Geelong | 5.3 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 13.12 | 90 | -41 | KAR | 1954-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1954 Player Stats
| Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beasy, Doug | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Boyle, Alex | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown, John | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burke, Gerald | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chick, John | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Comben, Bruce | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Crowe, Bob | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dunn Jnr, Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| English, Vin | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ferry, George | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gilchrist, Graham | 14 | 5 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hands, Ken | 17 | 9 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Howell Jnr, Jack | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hunt, Kevin | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ilsley, George | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| James, John | 18 | 4 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kerr, Laurie | 14 | 3 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kerr, Graham | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| McKaige, Ken | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mills, Jack | 18 | 19 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Milroy, Bill | 18 | 10 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Molony, Brian | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moran, Bernie | 16 | 4 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Munro, Frank | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| O'Brien, Noel | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| O'Brien, Kevin | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rhodes, Ron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robertson, Ron | 13 | 3 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spencer, John | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stafford, George | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sullivan, Harry | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas, Max | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Walsh, Tony | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Warburton, Keith | 14 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Webster, Peter | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wenn, Max | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zeunert, Denis | 14 | 7 | 0.5 |