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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) 1897–2025

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, 2024 (7 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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1965 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1965 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Carlton 6.56.911.1712.19 91 WON Hawthorn 0.06.47.58.6 54 37 GLE Apr 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 H Carlton 3.14.46.78.11 59 LOST Geelong 5.36.48.89.11 65 -6 PRI Apr 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Carlton 1.36.58.810.11 71 LOST South Melbourne 1.64.1111.1312.14 86 -15 LAK May 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Carlton 2.110.315.316.11 107 WON North Melbourne 2.43.65.86.8 44 63 PRI May 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A Carlton 1.25.510.613.7 85 WON Collingwood 6.17.48.99.11 65 20 VIC May 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 H Carlton 3.43.86.128.13 61 WON Richmond 1.33.34.56.9 45 16 PRI May 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A Carlton 2.16.57.810.9 69 WON Essendon 1.23.95.175.23 53 16 WIN May 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H Carlton 0.62.105.196.22 58 LOST Melbourne 3.35.108.1113.17 95 -37 PRI Jun 5 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 A Carlton 2.46.89.1214.18 102 WON Fitzroy 3.35.47.69.7 61 41 BWS Jun 14 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
10 H Carlton 3.24.510.912.10 82 WON Footscray 1.24.47.58.10 58 24 PRI Jun 26 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 A Carlton 3.55.89.1210.14 74 LOST St. Kilda 0.05.19.312.8 80 -6 MOO Jul 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 H Carlton 2.55.106.138.19 67 WON Hawthorn 3.14.36.48.4 52 15 PRI Jul 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 A Carlton 3.16.28.79.12 66 WON Geelong 1.53.54.95.9 39 27 KAR Jul 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Carlton 1.44.116.149.19 73 LOST South Melbourne 3.75.1011.1113.12 90 -17 PRI Jul 31 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Carlton 0.15.15.15.2 32 LOST North Melbourne 4.04.16.36.8 44 -12 COB Aug 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H Carlton 5.36.99.1211.16 82 LOST Collingwood 5.49.611.816.11 107 -25 PRI Aug 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A Carlton 1.24.67.710.9 69 LOST Richmond 5.19.313.514.8 92 -23 MCG Aug 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H Carlton 2.26.79.910.9 69 WON Essendon 1.02.23.59.6 60 9 PRI Aug 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
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1965 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Anderson, Graeme 17 189 11.1 27 1.6 216 12.7 36 2.1         29 22 0 0.0 3 3
Barassi Jnr, Ron 11 201 18.3 81 7.4 282 25.6 61 5.5         16 18 6 0.5 13 49
Benetti, John 5 51 10.2 3 0.6 54 10.8 19 3.8         11 6 0 0.0 1 1
Board Snr, Terry 16 196 12.3 30 1.9 226 14.1 27 1.7         22 13 20 1.3 23 143
Buckley, Brian 13 101 7.8 19 1.5 120 9.2 23 1.8         16 15 1 0.1 3 9
Collins, Ian 16 192 12.0 42 2.6 234 14.6 37 2.3         15 23 3 0.2 5 23
Collis, Gordon 8 120 15.0 28 3.5 148 18.5 40 5.0         11 12 0 0.0 0 0
Comben, John 5 69 13.8 4 0.8 73 14.6 10 2.0         14 10 0 0.0 6 6
Cox, Berkley 14 166 11.9 49 3.5 215 15.4 33 2.4         16 29 9 0.6 14 68
Crane, Gary 11 117 10.6 36 3.3 153 13.9 24 2.2         17 14 0 0.0 2 2
Gallagher, Adrian 18 318 17.7 57 3.2 375 20.8 65 3.6         45 28 26 1.4 27 183
Gill, John 17 165 9.7 46 2.7 211 12.4 29 1.7         16 25 0 0.0 0 0
Gill, Barry 8 42 5.3 11 1.4 53 6.6 6 0.8         4 4 2 0.3 0 12
Goold, John 16 211 13.2 58 3.6 269 16.8 64 4.0         27 27 0 0.0 0 0
Greenwood, Ken 11 124 11.3 11 1.0 135 12.3 48 4.4         14 13 6 0.5 7 43
Hall, Kevin 16 191 11.9 36 2.3 227 14.2 66 4.1         14 17 11 0.7 16 82
Hardie, Greg 3 16 5.3 1 0.3 17 5.7 5 1.7         2 3 1 0.3 3 9
Harrison, Stan 1 5 5.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 1 1.0         1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Hoggett, Roger 9 91 10.1 17 1.9 108 12.0 18 2.0         9 13 0 0.0 0 0
Kemp, John 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0         0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Kick, Murray 7 70 10.0 10 1.4 80 11.4 19 2.7         11 9 0 0.0 2 2
Lloyd, John 3 19 6.3 6 2.0 25 8.3 3 1.0         1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lofts, Wes 11 105 9.5 20 1.8 125 11.4 36 3.3         11 14 8 0.7 8 56
Miller, Jim 5 36 7.2 8 1.6 44 8.8 11 2.2         6 9 16 3.2 10 106
Nankervis, Ian 8 43 5.4 14 1.8 57 7.1 5 0.6         5 3 3 0.4 2 20
Nicholls, John 17 210 12.4 139 8.2 349 20.5 60 3.5         63 54 16 0.9 16 112
O'Sullivan, Dennis 3 14 4.7 2 0.7 16 5.3 1 0.3         3 3 0 0.0 0 0
Pleydell, Jim 5 16 3.2 6 1.2 22 4.4 5 1.0         1 4 0 0.0 2 2
Quirk, Bryan 16 188 11.8 22 1.4 210 13.1 55 3.4         24 15 29 1.8 23 197
Reilly, John 12 88 7.3 15 1.3 103 8.6 25 2.1         16 20 0 0.0 1 1
Sankey, Maurice 10 85 8.5 20 2.0 105 10.5 37 3.7         19 28 10 1.0 13 73
Schmidt, Barry 4 11 2.8 0 0.0 11 2.8 2 0.5         1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Silvagni, Serge 15 245 16.3 44 2.9 289 19.3 73 4.9         37 16 9 0.6 17 71
Stewart, Cliff 16 276 17.3 36 2.3 312 19.5 37 2.3         46 22 3 0.2 2 20
Stone, Ron 8 66 8.3 17 2.1 83 10.4 21 2.6         8 6 2 0.3 4 16
Trotman, Jeff 3 5 1.7 1 0.3 6 2.0 1 0.3         0 0 0 0.0 0 0
 

Footnotes

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