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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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2003 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 2003 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Carlton 2.33.66.1010.12 72 LOST Sydney 2.410.715.1122.14 146 -74 STA Mar 29 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
2 H Carlton 4.18.79.1013.13 91 LOST Collingwood 5.48.512.1016.11 107 -16 MCG Apr 4 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
3 A Carlton 4.76.911.1215.15 105 WON Essendon 3.29.611.1013.16 94 11 MCG Apr 11 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
4 H Carlton 5.26.68.712.12 84 LOST Port Adelaide 4.16.614.1017.12 114 -30 PRI Apr 20 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 A Carlton 3.66.912.1118.14 122 WON North Melbourne 4.26.510.1016.17 113 9 DOC Apr 26 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
6 H Carlton 2.26.38.79.9 63 LOST Hawthorn 5.26.49.611.8 74 -11 PRI May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Carlton 2.28.212.515.11 101 LOST St. Kilda 5.29.714.1116.17 113 -12 DOC May 10 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
8 H Carlton 2.86.119.1415.17 107 WON Western Bulldogs 4.36.99.1314.16 100 7 PRI May 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Carlton 3.28.49.711.10 76 LOST Brisbane 2.26.514.1123.15 153 -77 PRI May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Carlton 3.16.411.715.9 99 LOST Fremantle 7.512.815.919.13 127 -28 SUB May 31 (Sat, 1:40) Scores
11 A Carlton 3.26.29.212.3 75 LOST Geelong 3.17.311.817.13 115 -40 DOC Jun 8 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Carlton 3.25.311.514.9 93 WON Richmond 2.25.88.1012.14 86 7 MCG Jun 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Carlton 3.53.54.87.8 50 LOST Adelaide 4.36.511.613.14 92 -42 PRI Jun 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 H Carlton 7.08.313.514.6 90 LOST Melbourne 4.36.58.914.13 97 -7 PRI Jul 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Carlton 3.25.58.910.11 71 LOST West Coast 8.416.921.1328.19 187 -116 SUB Jul 12 (Sat, 5:40) Scores
16 H Carlton 2.23.58.812.12 84 LOST Sydney 7.212.515.618.7 115 -31 PRI Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Carlton 1.32.64.98.14 62 LOST Collingwood 7.511.1014.1220.15 135 -73 MCG Jul 27 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 H Carlton 2.33.95.127.14 56 LOST Essendon 2.54.79.813.12 90 -34 MCG Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Carlton 3.37.411.812.9 81 LOST Port Adelaide 4.36.713.1318.17 125 -44 FBP Aug 10 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
20 H Carlton 2.27.410.611.9 75 LOST St. Kilda 9.318.522.726.10 166 -91 PRI Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Carlton 2.17.210.410.4 64 LOST Hawthorn 6.68.1215.1420.18 138 -74 MCG Aug 22 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
22 H Carlton 1.42.64.89.9 63 LOST North Melbourne 5.512.822.1128.19 187 -124 DOC Aug 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
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2003 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Allan, Matthew 6 29 4.8 15 2.5 44 7.3 16 2.7 83 13.8 4 0.7 5 2 0 0.0 0 0
Angwin, Laurence 4 29 7.3 6 1.5 35 8.8 13 3.3 1 0.3 3 0.8 3 3 6 1.5 2 38
Beasy, Callan 6 25 4.2 9 1.5 34 5.7 13 2.2 18 3.0 14 2.3 7 8 6 1.0 1 37
Beaumont, Simon 22 243 11.0 84 3.8 327 14.9 107 4.9 9 0.4 49 2.2 14 20 9 0.4 9 63
Campbell, Blake 3 9 3.0 7 2.3 16 5.3 3 1.0 0 0.0 5 1.7 1 0 1 0.3 1 7
Camporeale, Scott 20 338 16.9 106 5.3 444 22.2 43 2.2 1 0.1 38 1.9 13 18 18 0.9 4 112
Davies, Justin 13 47 3.6 36 2.8 83 6.4 16 1.2 1 0.1 21 1.6 8 11 2 0.2 3 15
Eccles, Andrew 2 4 2.0 3 1.5 7 3.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 6 3.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Fevola, Brendan 22 210 9.5 47 2.1 257 11.7 112 5.1 5 0.2 31 1.4 23 23 63 2.9 45 423
Fisher, Brad 16 88 5.5 28 1.8 116 7.3 46 2.9 0 0.0 19 1.2 8 6 18 1.1 5 113
Fletcher, Simon 11 90 8.2 55 5.0 145 13.2 36 3.3 1 0.1 16 1.5 3 2 1 0.1 1 7
Franchina, Anthony 13 52 4.0 22 1.7 74 5.7 9 0.7 0 0.0 31 2.4 6 14 2 0.2 2 14
French, Barnaby 19 73 3.8 85 4.5 158 8.3 33 1.7 245 12.9 27 1.4 25 22 2 0.1 2 14
Hickmott, Adrian 15 101 6.7 60 4.0 161 10.7 37 2.5 0 0.0 22 1.5 24 8 20 1.3 10 130
Houlihan, Ryan 22 261 11.9 95 4.3 356 16.2 59 2.7 11 0.5 33 1.5 9 17 16 0.7 12 108
Hulme, Darren 20 176 8.8 99 5.0 275 13.8 50 2.5 0 0.0 71 3.6 22 16 3 0.2 13 31
Koutoufides, Anthony 22 234 10.6 234 10.6 468 21.3 55 2.5 24 1.1 77 3.5 17 13 6 0.3 7 43
Lappin, Matthew 22 284 12.9 119 5.4 403 18.3 103 4.7 0 0.0 47 2.1 18 24 10 0.5 3 63
Livingston, Luke 10 29 2.9 26 2.6 55 5.5 22 2.2 0 0.0 8 0.8 3 6 2 0.2 1 13
Manton, Glenn 5 18 3.6 17 3.4 35 7.0 15 3.0 0 0.0 3 0.6 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Martyn, Mick 13 52 4.0 34 2.6 86 6.6 22 1.7 6 0.5 8 0.6 4 8 0 0.0 0 0
McCormick, Jonathon 21 154 7.3 137 6.5 291 13.9 39 1.9 2 0.1 49 2.3 21 8 5 0.2 6 36
McKay, Andrew 22 189 8.6 125 5.7 314 14.3 66 3.0 9 0.4 40 1.8 14 24 0 0.0 3 3
McKernan, Corey 19 110 5.8 44 2.3 154 8.1 61 3.2 163 8.6 12 0.6 13 30 20 1.1 16 136
Merrington, Andrew 1 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Murphy, Justin 16 140 8.8 86 5.4 226 14.1 58 3.6 0 0.0 43 2.7 10 12 14 0.9 11 95
Norman, Karl 7 35 5.0 6 0.9 41 5.9 15 2.1 4 0.6 13 1.9 5 6 1 0.1 1 7
O'Keeffe, Sean 4 9 2.3 6 1.5 15 3.8 5 1.3 0 0.0 5 1.3 0 3 1 0.3 0 6
Plunkett, Jim 4 11 2.8 10 2.5 21 5.3 2 0.5 0 0.0 6 1.5 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Prendergast, Ian 13 94 7.2 59 4.5 153 11.8 46 3.5 13 1.0 15 1.2 15 10 4 0.3 2 26
Ratten, Brett 7 82 11.7 46 6.6 128 18.3 18 2.6 12 1.7 24 3.4 4 4 3 0.4 4 22
Simpson, Kade 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 1.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Sporn, Trent 14 93 6.6 46 3.3 139 9.9 24 1.7 3 0.2 34 2.4 6 8 2 0.1 3 15
Thornton, Bret 20 123 6.2 46 2.3 169 8.5 34 1.7 8 0.4 18 0.9 11 18 1 0.1 0 6
Waite, Jarrad 20 150 7.5 83 4.2 233 11.7 52 2.6 6 0.3 56 2.8 11 18 11 0.6 12 78
Whitnall, Lance 12 137 11.4 42 3.5 179 14.9 73 6.1 26 2.2 13 1.1 14 10 11 0.9 11 77
Wiggins, Simon 15 64 4.3 44 2.9 108 7.2 28 1.9 0 0.0 31 2.1 9 11 1 0.1 4 10
 

Footnotes

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