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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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1996 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1996 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Carlton 5.39.614.1116.13 109 WON Collingwood 2.26.79.1312.15 87 22 MCG Mar 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Carlton 2.47.512.915.11 101 WON Essendon 2.44.76.910.12 72 29 MCG Apr 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 A Carlton 2.42.94.106.13 49 LOST Fremantle 3.38.39.715.12 102 -53 SUB Apr 14 (Sun, 4:10) Scores
4 H Carlton 6.315.517.621.7 133 WON Melbourne 3.26.310.812.14 86 47 PRI Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Carlton 2.44.67.1212.14 86 WON West Coast 2.25.47.1012.13 85 1 PRI Apr 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Carlton 3.37.58.612.8 80 WON Footscray 3.35.46.79.10 64 16 MCG May 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 H Carlton 3.68.1112.1318.17 125 WON Fitzroy 1.32.45.98.14 62 63 PRI May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Carlton 3.67.99.1212.14 86 LOST Geelong 6.210.712.715.8 98 -12 MCG May 17 (Fri, 7:38) Scores
9 A Carlton 3.36.711.913.13 91 WON St. Kilda 3.65.86.129.15 69 22 WAV May 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 H Carlton 3.47.611.915.11 101 WON Richmond 2.36.411.813.12 90 11 MCG Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Carlton 2.16.38.69.8 62 WON Brisbane 2.14.24.55.8 38 24 GAB Jun 15 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
12 A Carlton 3.26.511.1017.14 116 WON Collingwood 4.510.712.914.11 95 21 MCG Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Carlton 4.27.711.913.13 91 LOST Sydney 6.17.59.1015.12 102 -11 PRI Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Carlton 4.27.48.813.11 89 LOST North Melbourne 4.59.715.1221.18 144 -55 MCG Jul 5 (Fri, 8:10) Scores
15 H Carlton 7.68.1212.1419.17 131 WON Adelaide 3.27.57.79.10 64 67 PRI Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Carlton 1.03.25.67.7 49 LOST Hawthorn 5.09.49.615.8 98 -49 WAV Jul 20 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
17 H Carlton 4.39.612.1013.13 91 WON Essendon 3.16.77.1011.16 82 9 MCG Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Carlton 4.110.416.423.7 145 WON Fremantle 3.63.106.1611.18 84 61 PRI Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Carlton 3.26.49.717.8 110 LOST Melbourne 4.212.617.820.9 129 -19 MCG Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Carlton 4.37.410.710.8 68 LOST West Coast 5.011.215.619.13 127 -59 SUB Aug 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
21 H Carlton 2.66.109.1513.18 96 WON Footscray 3.24.68.99.12 66 30 PRI Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Carlton 4.39.513.816.11 107 WON Geelong 1.23.55.89.11 65 42 KAR Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1QF A Carlton 1.45.68.810.10 70 LOST West Coast 6.211.712.918.17 125 -55 SUB Sep 7 (Sat, 3:10) Scores
2SF A Carlton 3.18.49.710.13 73 LOST Brisbane 6.214.517.1326.14 170 -97 GAB Sep 14 (Sat, 7:45) Scores
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1996 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Allan, Matthew 19 84 4.4 76 4.0 160 8.4 55 2.9 145 7.6 9 0.5 16 13 3 0.2 4 22
Beaumont, Simon 7 44 6.3 35 5.0 79 11.3 24 3.4 1 0.1 6 0.9 4 8 4 0.6 3 27
Bradley, Craig 19 314 16.5 137 7.2 451 23.7 66 3.5 4 0.2 36 1.9 16 17 17 0.9 10 112
Brown, Fraser 15 184 12.3 142 9.5 326 21.7 47 3.1 2 0.1 26 1.7 8 21 11 0.7 10 76
Camporeale, Scott 23 268 11.7 132 5.7 400 17.4 56 2.4 0 0.0 39 1.7 25 30 20 0.9 18 138
Christou, Ang 24 283 11.8 87 3.6 370 15.4 83 3.5 1 0.0 26 1.1 23 20 1 0.0 8 14
Clape, Matt 17 128 7.5 85 5.0 213 12.5 45 2.6 2 0.1 28 1.6 10 22 10 0.6 6 66
De Iulio, Ron 21 237 11.3 71 3.4 308 14.7 74 3.5 0 0.0 42 2.0 18 19 6 0.3 2 38
Dean, Peter 8 47 5.9 39 4.9 86 10.8 24 3.0 7 0.9 11 1.4 5 10 0 0.0 1 1
Devonport, Craig 1 4 4.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 2 2.0 0 12
Gleeson, Adrian 4 26 6.5 22 5.5 48 12.0 6 1.5 0 0.0 2 0.5 1 1 2 0.5 1 13
Hamill, Aaron 4 30 7.5 18 4.5 48 12.0 14 3.5 0 0.0 6 1.5 6 3 1 0.3 2 8
Hanna, Mil 10 103 10.3 50 5.0 153 15.3 51 5.1 0 0.0 13 1.3 7 6 3 0.3 2 20
Heaver, Brent 19 198 10.4 111 5.8 309 16.3 52 2.7 0 0.0 32 1.7 14 13 22 1.2 14 146
Hickmott, Adrian 22 219 10.0 143 6.5 362 16.5 91 4.1 0 0.0 43 2.0 28 22 13 0.6 10 88
Hogg, Matthew 11 82 7.5 52 4.7 134 12.2 23 2.1 0 0.0 11 1.0 11 8 2 0.2 0 12
Kernahan, Stephen 19 172 9.1 36 1.9 208 10.9 108 5.7 15 0.8 13 0.7 19 19 56 2.9 34 370
Koutoufides, Anthony 24 318 13.3 201 8.4 519 21.6 145 6.0 9 0.4 36 1.5 18 17 24 1.0 15 159
Lynn, Tony 1 4 4.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Madden, Justin 21 104 5.0 42 2.0 146 7.0 25 1.2 220 10.5 14 0.7 30 31 3 0.1 3 21
Manton, Glenn 24 194 8.1 141 5.9 335 14.0 150 6.3 6 0.3 45 1.9 23 17 7 0.3 4 46
McKay, Andrew 15 97 6.5 89 5.9 186 12.4 36 2.4 1 0.1 26 1.7 9 19 4 0.3 3 27
Mitchell, Barry 4 29 7.3 33 8.3 62 15.5 11 2.8 0 0.0 2 0.5 2 2 0 0.0 2 2
Murphy, Justin 16 121 7.6 87 5.4 208 13.0 50 3.1 0 0.0 33 2.1 11 19 19 1.2 9 123
O'Sullivan, Luke 1 2 2.0 2 2.0 4 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 1 1.0 0 6
Pearce, Brad 15 115 7.7 26 1.7 141 9.4 58 3.9 1 0.1 12 0.8 7 10 35 2.3 24 234
Ratten, Brett 24 297 12.4 258 10.8 555 23.1 74 3.1 1 0.0 65 2.7 17 24 8 0.3 8 56
Rice, Dean 8 41 5.1 31 3.9 72 9.0 18 2.3 0 0.0 10 1.3 6 6 3 0.4 0 18
Sexton, Michael 23 268 11.7 115 5.0 383 16.7 102 4.4 0 0.0 24 1.0 23 18 2 0.1 2 14
Sexton, Ben 4 20 5.0 1 0.3 21 5.3 5 1.3 0 0.0 2 0.5 3 3 1 0.3 2 8
Silvagni, Stephen 24 173 7.2 92 3.8 265 11.0 75 3.1 1 0.0 44 1.8 43 22 6 0.3 4 40
Spalding, Earl 12 85 7.1 50 4.2 135 11.3 37 3.1 10 0.8 26 2.2 15 13 18 1.5 10 118
Turner, Peter 2 3 1.5 2 1.0 5 2.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Welsh, Rohan 9 42 4.7 35 3.9 77 8.6 27 3.0 4 0.4 4 0.4 2 13 9 1.0 7 61
Whitehead, Adrian 16 96 6.0 104 6.5 200 12.5 31 1.9 0 0.0 13 0.8 13 6 6 0.4 6 42
Williams, Greg 18 169 9.4 161 8.9 330 18.3 51 2.8 0 0.0 18 1.0 23 26 11 0.6 7 73
 

Footnotes

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