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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)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

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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2023 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Carlton 3.14.66.98.10 58 DRAW Richmond 1.42.47.88.10 58 0 MCG Mar 16 (Thu, 7:20) Scores
2 H Carlton 2.66.812.1113.12 90 WON Geelong 2.15.69.612.10 82 8 MCG Mar 23 (Thu, 7:20) Scores
3 A Carlton        vs Greater Western Sydney          SSH Apr 1 (Sat, 4:45)  
4 A Carlton        vs North Melbourne          DOC Apr 7 (Fri, 4:20)  
5 A Carlton        vs Adelaide          ADO Apr 13 (Thu, 7:10)  
6 H Carlton        vs St. Kilda          DOC Apr 23 (Sun, 3:20)  
7 A Carlton        vs West Coast          PER Apr 29 (Sat, 5:30)  
8 H Carlton        vs Brisbane          DOC May 5 (Fri, 7:50)  
9 H Carlton        vs Western Bulldogs          DOC May 13 (Sat, 7:30)  
10 H Carlton        vs Collingwood          MCG May 21 (Sun, 3:20)  
11 A Carlton        vs Sydney          SCG May 26 (Fri, 7:50)  
12 A Carlton        vs Melbourne          MCG Jun 2 (Fri, 7:50)  
13 H Carlton        vs Essendon          MCG Jun 11 (Sun, 7:15)  
14 H Carlton        vs Gold Coast          MCG Jun 18 (Sun, 1:10)  
15 Carlton       Bye        
16 A Carlton        vs Hawthorn          MCG Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 A Carlton        vs Fremantle          PER Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 H Carlton        vs Port Adelaide          DOC Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10)  
19 H Carlton        vs West Coast          DOC Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10)  
20 A Carlton        vs Collingwood          MCG Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10)  
21 A Carlton        vs St. Kilda          DOC Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10)  
22 H Carlton        vs Melbourne          MCG Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)  
23 A Carlton        vs Gold Coast          CRR Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10)  
24 H Carlton        vs Greater Western Sydney          DOC Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)  
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2023 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
13 Acres, Blake 2 26 13.0 16 8.0 42 21.0 16 8.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 3 3 0 0.0 0 0
5 Cerra, Adam 2 28 14.0 18 9.0 46 23.0 11 5.5 0 0.0 5 2.5 5 0 0 0.0 1 1
26 Cowan, Lachlan 2 13 6.5 7 3.5 20 10.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
9 Cripps, Patrick 2 18 9.0 34 17.0 52 26.0 6 3.0 0 0.0 12 6.0 2 2 0 0.0 1 1
35 Curnow, Ed 2 28 14.0 12 6.0 40 20.0 9 4.5 0 0.0 12 6.0 0 4 1 0.5 0 6
30 Curnow, Charlie 2 17 8.5 4 2.0 21 10.5 10 5.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 0 1 8 4.0 2 50
12 De Koning, Tom 2 13 6.5 11 5.5 24 12.0 4 2.0 46 23.0 9 4.5 5 2 0 0.0 1 1
15 Docherty, Sam 2 38 19.0 8 4.0 46 23.0 15 7.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 3 1 1 0.5 0 6
19 Durdin, Corey 1 7 7.0 1 1.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 0 1 1 1.0 2 8
25 Fisher, Zac 2 19 9.5 7 3.5 26 13.0 4 2.0 0 0.0 3 1.5 0 0 2 1.0 0 12
29 Hewett, George 1 10 10.0 18 18.0 28 28.0 5 5.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
14 Hollands, Oliver 2 19 9.5 12 6.0 31 15.5 7 3.5 0 0.0 5 2.5 3 2 0 0.0 2 2
7 Kennedy, Matthew 2 25 12.5 23 11.5 48 24.0 10 5.0 0 0.0 9 4.5 2 1 0 0.0 2 2
21 Martin, Jack 1 3 3.0 3 3.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 1 0 0 0.0 1 1
11 McGovern, Mitch 2 27 13.5 4 2.0 31 15.5 11 5.5 0 0.0 9 4.5 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
10 McKay, Harry 2 20 10.0 3 1.5 23 11.5 16 8.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 3 1 2 1.0 3 15
3 Motlop, Jesse 2 11 5.5 11 5.5 22 11.0 7 3.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 2 1 1 0.5 0 6
24 Newman, Nic 2 26 13.0 12 6.0 38 19.0 11 5.5 0 0.0 5 2.5 4 3 0 0.0 0 0
4 O'Brien, Lochie 2 5 2.5 2 1.0 7 3.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
44 Owies, Matthew 2 16 8.0 7 3.5 23 11.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 4 2.0 3 4 4 2.0 1 25
27 Pittonet, Marc 1 4 4.0 6 6.0 10 10.0 3 3.0 14 14.0 2 2.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
42 Saad, Adam 2 33 16.5 14 7.0 47 23.5 10 5.0 0 0.0 3 1.5 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
1 Silvagni, Jack 2 11 5.5 7 3.5 18 9.0 6 3.0 2 1.0 3 1.5 2 3 1 0.5 2 8
23 Weitering, Jacob 2 26 13.0 6 3.0 32 16.0 19 9.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 3 0 0 0.0 0 0
33 Young, Lewis 2 25 12.5 9 4.5 34 17.0 14 7.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 46 468 10.2 255 5.5 723 15.7 207 4.5 62 1.3 111 2.4 49 34 21 0.5 18 144
 

Footnotes

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