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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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1989 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1989 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Carlton 1.22.68.1010.13 73 LOST Footscray 5.39.617.1319.18 132 -59 PRI Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Carlton 2.27.310.913.14 92 LOST St. Kilda 3.47.109.1513.18 96 -4 MOO Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Carlton 2.54.75.99.10 64 LOST Geelong 0.63.109.1316.21 117 -53 KAR Apr 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 H Carlton 3.47.118.1515.20 110 LOST Essendon 5.211.516.821.12 138 -28 PRI Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
5 A Carlton 6.17.39.910.11 71 LOST Hawthorn 5.68.1014.1218.17 125 -54 VFL Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Carlton 4.310.611.1015.12 102 WON Richmond 4.26.78.119.12 66 36 VFL May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Carlton 1.04.57.1011.14 80 LOST Melbourne 5.77.811.1112.14 86 -6 MCG May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Carlton 4.27.39.812.8 80 LOST Collingwood 4.27.710.916.13 109 -29 VFL May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Carlton 5.415.719.924.15 159 WON Fitzroy 3.44.814.1118.14 122 37 PRI May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Carlton 5.49.614.1117.13 115 LOST Brisbane 3.410.413.818.10 118 -3 PRI Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Carlton 3.37.69.1112.13 85 WON Sydney 2.25.47.78.9 57 28 SCG Jun 9 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
12 H Carlton 3.24.75.87.9 51 WON North Melbourne 2.62.64.95.10 40 11 PRI Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Carlton 1.13.46.79.10 64 WON West Coast 1.43.54.95.11 41 23 PRI Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Carlton 0.14.35.38.10 58 LOST Essendon 4.36.58.69.7 61 -3 VFL Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Carlton 2.16.211.515.6 96 WON Collingwood 3.55.128.1612.18 90 6 VFL Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Carlton 1.42.65.86.10 46 DRAW Footscray 1.53.73.86.10 46 0 WES Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Carlton 6.58.811.1315.16 106 WON Melbourne 0.63.105.1810.19 79 27 PRI Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Carlton 2.05.39.414.6 90 LOST Hawthorn 6.29.512.714.11 95 -5 VFL Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Carlton 3.58.59.1015.14 104 WON Richmond 1.33.57.811.10 76 28 VFL Aug 11 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
20 H Carlton 5.110.413.620.13 133 WON St. Kilda 7.19.515.820.12 132 1 PRI Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Carlton 1.06.39.910.12 72 LOST West Coast 5.411.815.1421.22 148 -76 SUB Aug 27 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
22 A Carlton 2.23.46.810.10 70 LOST Brisbane 1.25.910.1115.15 105 -35 CRR Sep 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
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1989 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Aitken, Ian 15 127 8.5 40 2.7 167 11.1 39 2.6 3 0.2 20 1.3 18 18 3 0.2 0 18
Alvin, Tom 16 207 12.9 64 4.0 271 16.9 68 4.3 0 0.0 22 1.4 29 15 4 0.3 1 25
Blackwell, Wayne 9 118 13.1 52 5.8 170 18.9 34 3.8 1 0.1 11 1.2 10 10 2 0.2 5 17
Bradley, Craig 21 320 15.2 128 6.1 448 21.3 68 3.2 5 0.2 32 1.5 50 35 16 0.8 12 108
Brown, Fraser 7 69 9.9 25 3.6 94 13.4 19 2.7 0 0.0 18 2.6 2 7 1 0.1 5 11
Butts, Gerard 2 12 6.0 6 3.0 18 9.0 10 5.0 8 4.0 1 0.5 1 1 0 0.0 1 1
Da Rui, Steve 12 121 10.1 56 4.7 177 14.8 28 2.3 1 0.1 23 1.9 16 19 2 0.2 3 15
Dean, Peter 11 79 7.2 45 4.1 124 11.3 31 2.8 3 0.3 21 1.9 23 11 0 0.0 5 5
Dennis, Richard 12 90 7.5 46 3.8 136 11.3 47 3.9 2 0.2 11 0.9 11 20 10 0.8 8 68
Dorotich, Jon 17 141 8.3 41 2.4 182 10.7 79 4.6 26 1.5 23 1.4 24 42 23 1.4 12 150
Dunlop, Jamie 1 7 7.0 4 4.0 11 11.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 3 6 0 0.0 0 0
Fotia, Dominic 3 12 4.0 9 3.0 21 7.0 3 1.0 0 0.0 9 3.0 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
Gallagher, Michael 7 22 3.1 18 2.6 40 5.7 15 2.1 47 6.7 6 0.9 5 8 5 0.7 1 31
Garvey, Michael 1 4 4.0 4 4.0 8 8.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Glascott, David 3 40 13.3 39 13.0 79 26.3 13 4.3 0 0.0 8 2.7 7 1 2 0.7 0 12
Gleeson, Adrian 21 289 13.8 121 5.8 410 19.5 59 2.8 0 0.0 42 2.0 39 18 21 1.0 13 139
Hanna, Mil 20 254 12.7 101 5.1 355 17.8 97 4.9 1 0.1 31 1.6 29 14 4 0.2 7 31
Hawker, Glenn 8 112 14.0 49 6.1 161 20.1 27 3.4 0 0.0 12 1.5 4 11 4 0.5 4 28
Herman, Ian 18 231 12.8 101 5.6 332 18.4 49 2.7 0 0.0 43 2.4 19 40 15 0.8 15 105
Hunter, Ken 5 40 8.0 13 2.6 53 10.6 20 4.0 0 0.0 4 0.8 12 2 1 0.2 1 7
Johnston, Wayne 11 119 10.8 29 2.6 148 13.5 17 1.5 0 0.0 21 1.9 26 12 1 0.1 6 12
Kennedy, Michael 17 148 8.7 44 2.6 192 11.3 33 1.9 0 0.0 22 1.3 41 12 0 0.0 0 0
Kernahan, Stephen 22 298 13.5 64 2.9 362 16.5 180 8.2 39 1.8 28 1.3 52 49 59 2.7 40 394
Kernahan, David 1 16 16.0 3 3.0 19 19.0 7 7.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
Madden, Justin 19 168 8.8 70 3.7 238 12.5 90 4.7 327 17.2 15 0.8 38 61 5 0.3 6 36
Majerczak, Mark 3 26 8.7 2 0.7 28 9.3 7 2.3 0 0.0 6 2.0 1 4 5 1.7 3 33
Matthews, Ashley 5 44 8.8 12 2.4 56 11.2 18 3.6 4 0.8 3 0.6 6 4 1 0.2 1 7
McKenzie, Warren 18 124 6.9 57 3.2 181 10.1 49 2.7 1 0.1 19 1.1 30 11 1 0.1 1 7
McKinnon, Andrew 8 60 7.5 30 3.8 90 11.3 6 0.8 0 0.0 10 1.3 6 7 3 0.4 3 21
Meldrum, Paul 11 134 12.2 62 5.6 196 17.8 23 2.1 1 0.1 14 1.3 8 21 5 0.5 5 35
Minton-Connell, Simon 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Murphy, Fraser 10 65 6.5 33 3.3 98 9.8 13 1.3 0 0.0 20 2.0 9 9 11 1.1 7 73
Naley, Mark 16 227 14.2 90 5.6 317 19.8 29 1.8 0 0.0 39 2.4 26 41 22 1.4 8 140
O'Sullivan, Luke 9 84 9.3 36 4.0 120 13.3 9 1.0 0 0.0 14 1.6 11 13 4 0.4 4 28
Payne, Paul 5 27 5.4 3 0.6 30 6.0 3 0.6 0 0.0 3 0.6 2 8 0 0.0 0 0
Phillips, Andrew 12 99 8.3 18 1.5 117 9.8 17 1.4 0 0.0 24 2.0 11 13 8 0.7 7 55
Poursanidis, Phillip 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1
Rhys-Jones, David 16 129 8.1 143 8.9 272 17.0 69 4.3 1 0.1 27 1.7 33 26 2 0.1 3 15
Robertson, Shane 16 155 9.7 91 5.7 246 15.4 42 2.6 0 0.0 20 1.3 26 20 1 0.1 0 6
Sartori, Peter 5 23 4.6 20 4.0 43 8.6 22 4.4 13 2.6 4 0.8 4 5 4 0.8 2 26
Silvagni, Stephen 6 50 8.3 18 3.0 68 11.3 24 4.0 0 0.0 10 1.7 14 9 8 1.3 8 56
Strauch, Dean 2 10 5.0 2 1.0 12 6.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
Verbeek, Simon 15 132 8.8 58 3.9 190 12.7 73 4.9 1 0.1 25 1.7 18 20 23 1.5 12 150
White, Peter 2 11 5.5 6 3.0 17 8.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 2 1 1 0.5 0 6
 

Footnotes

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