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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

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1959 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1959 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Carlton 7.48.1012.1313.20 98 WON Essendon 3.36.109.1411.18 84 14 PRI Apr 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 A Carlton 3.68.611.1215.14 104 WON Footscray 2.13.44.58.7 55 49 WES May 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Carlton 3.45.510.914.10 94 WON Collingwood 1.13.47.79.8 62 32 VIC May 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Carlton 4.59.89.1114.17 101 WON Richmond 3.15.26.59.7 61 40 PRI May 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H Carlton 3.36.77.910.13 73 WON Melbourne 4.17.29.49.7 61 12 PRI May 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Carlton 4.56.69.912.11 83 WON Hawthorn 1.24.58.811.9 75 8 GLE May 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H Carlton 3.29.612.1114.15 99 WON North Melbourne 4.44.67.810.11 71 28 PRI Jun 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Carlton 3.07.511.1212.16 88 WON Geelong 0.53.66.1011.13 79 9 KAR Jun 15 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
9 H Carlton 3.27.810.814.11 95 LOST South Melbourne 4.57.611.1814.21 105 -10 PRI Jun 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Carlton 0.41.57.1010.13 73 LOST Fitzroy 6.213.415.921.13 139 -66 BWS Jul 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Carlton 3.57.1011.1415.21 111 WON St. Kilda 0.84.106.128.18 66 45 PRI Jul 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A Carlton 1.43.73.127.18 60 LOST Essendon 4.26.611.815.10 100 -40 WIN Jul 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H Carlton 7.27.49.79.9 63 WON Footscray 1.12.53.86.11 47 16 PRI Jul 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Carlton 2.24.47.68.9 57 LOST Collingwood 5.55.76.119.14 68 -11 PRI Aug 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Carlton 6.97.1113.1714.20 104 WON Richmond 2.16.47.613.6 84 20 PUN Aug 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A Carlton 1.23.46.57.5 47 LOST Melbourne 4.37.78.1113.14 92 -45 MCG Aug 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H Carlton 4.86.149.1813.20 98 WON Hawthorn 3.47.79.914.12 96 2 PRI Aug 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 A Carlton 2.54.89.1112.14 86 WON North Melbourne 1.44.65.78.11 59 27 ARD Aug 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2SF A Carlton 0.01.42.94.13 37 LOST Melbourne 2.66.89.1211.15 81 -44 MCG Sep 12 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF A Carlton 0.13.75.87.8 50 LOST Essendon 1.44.56.88.9 57 -7 MCG Sep 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1959 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Arch, Bill 7 4 2.0         0 0.0         1 1 5 0.7    
Armstrong, Bill 1                             0 0.0    
Barry, Peter 19 13 6.5         4 2.0         2 1 8 0.4    
Beasy, Doug 9 8 8.0         1 1.0         3 0 5 0.6    
Benetti, John 8 9 9.0         2 2.0         1 0 2 0.3    
Brereton, Leo 20 23 11.5         4 2.0         5 0 31 1.6    
Buckley, Brian 3                             0 0.0    
Burke, Gerald 20 19 9.5         8 4.0         2 4 35 1.8    
Chick, John 15 26 13.0         6 3.0         5 2 1 0.1    
Clarke, Kevin 13 7 3.5         2 1.0         2 1 0 0.0    
Comben, Bruce 19 21 10.5         6 3.0         1 2 0 0.0    
Cottrell, Len 8                             1 0.1    
Cox, Berkley 10 7 7.0         1 1.0         1 3 1 0.1    
Crowe, Bob 9 12 12.0         1 1.0         0 1 0 0.0    
Donaldson, Graham 15                             23 1.5    
Ferry, George 20 11 5.5         1 0.5         3 2 0 0.0    
Garra, Vic 4                             0 0.0    
Gilchrist, Graham 17 34 17.0         7 3.5         5 5 4 0.2    
Hall, Don 2                             0 0.0    
Heathcote, John 17                             28 1.6    
James, John 20 32 16.0         10 5.0         1 0 0 0.0    
Kerr, Laurie 13 22 11.0         3 1.5         4 9 2 0.2    
Nicholls, John 19 34 17.0         10 5.0         5 4 2 0.1    
Nicholls, Don 13 5 5.0         1 1.0         0 0 2 0.2    
O'Keefe, John 4 4 4.0         1 1.0         1 0 0 0.0    
Pavlou, Chris 5                             1 0.2    
Rainsford, Don 3                             1 0.3    
Sankey, Maurice 3 10 5.0         3 1.5         2 3 1 0.3    
Silvagni, Serge 18 26 13.0         5 2.5         3 5 40 2.2    
Strauch, Denis 1                             0 0.0    
Sullivan, Jack 5                             0 0.0    
Webster, Peter 10 7 7.0         0 0.0         1 2 0 0.0    
White, Allan 13 3 3.0         1 1.0         1 0 15 1.2    
Williams, Bruce 16 31 15.5         3 1.5         0 1 15 0.9    
Williams, John 1                             1 1.0    
Zeunert, Denis 20 26 13.0         1 0.5         3 1 0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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