Australian Football

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) 1897–2025

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, 2024 (7 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

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

1997 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1997 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1997-03-31 1	A	Carlton	2.2	7.6	10.8	15.9	99	LOST	Essendon	5.2	7.6	13.8	16.10	106	-7	MCG	1997-03-31 Mar 31 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1997-04-07 2	A	Carlton	1.6	2.9	4.11	8.12	60	LOST	North Melbourne	2.2	7.8	11.12	12.14	86	-26	MCG	1997-04-07 Apr 7 (Mon, 7:40)	Scores
1997-04-13 3	H	Carlton	3.2	6.5	11.8	15.18	108	WON	Adelaide	3.0	9.4	9.6	12.8	80	28	PRI	1997-04-13 Apr 13 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-04-19 4	A	Carlton	4.3	6.8	12.9	15.11	101	WON	Collingwood	6.1	9.3	11.10	12.12	84	17	MCG	1997-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-04-27 5	H	Carlton	4.4	6.10	10.12	12.14	86	LOST	Geelong	3.4	7.8	11.12	13.16	94	-8	PRI	1997-04-27 Apr 27 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-04 6	A	Carlton	1.3	3.3	6.8	11.17	83	LOST	Sydney	6.8	12.10	18.14	21.16	142	-59	SCG	1997-05-04 May 4 (Sun, 2:45)	Scores
1997-05-10 7	A	Carlton	2.4	5.8	10.12	14.14	98	WON	Richmond	4.2	5.6	6.10	10.16	76	22	MCG	1997-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-18 8	H	Carlton	5.4	10.9	12.15	15.16	106	WON	Hawthorn	0.3	4.4	6.7	12.9	81	25	PRI	1997-05-18 May 18 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-24 9	H	Carlton	4.3	10.5	13.6	16.9	105	WON	Fremantle	4.2	6.3	10.4	14.4	88	17	PRI	1997-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-30 10	A	Carlton	3.4	4.10	7.12	7.13	55	LOST	Port Adelaide	3.1	8.3	10.7	14.9	93	-38	FBP	1997-05-30 May 30 (Fri, 8:40)	Scores
1997-06-09 11	H	Carlton	6.5	8.10	11.11	12.12	84	WON	Brisbane	2.3	5.6	7.9	9.9	63	21	PRI	1997-06-09 Jun 9 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1997-06-15 12	A	Carlton	1.5	2.7	4.12	12.13	85	LOST	St. Kilda	5.1	8.8	13.15	16.20	116	-31	WAV	1997-06-15 Jun 15 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-06-27 13	A	Carlton	6.2	8.3	11.9	12.14	86	WON	West Coast	1.5	6.7	10.8	11.13	79	7	SUB	1997-06-27 Jun 27 (Fri, 8:40)	Scores
1997-07-05 14	H	Carlton	3.1	5.2	8.4	11.8	74	LOST	Western Bulldogs	2.2	5.8	12.11	16.14	110	-36	PRI	1997-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-12 15	A	Carlton	5.0	10.3	13.5	15.10	100	LOST	Melbourne	4.3	10.7	16.8	18.11	119	-19	MCG	1997-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-19 16	H	Carlton	7.3	11.9	17.14	25.15	165	WON	Essendon	5.2	8.4	9.6	13.9	87	78	MCG	1997-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-26 17	H	Carlton	2.4	4.8	7.12	7.16	58	LOST	North Melbourne	1.2	4.4	8.8	14.12	96	-38	PRI	1997-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-03 18	A	Carlton	4.3	5.5	10.5	13.8	86	LOST	Adelaide	4.5	7.12	12.16	18.19	127	-41	FBP	1997-08-03 Aug 3 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-09 19	H	Carlton	3.5	6.9	12.19	14.23	107	WON	Collingwood	3.2	7.6	10.9	13.13	91	16	MCG	1997-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-16 20	A	Carlton	1.2	3.8	6.10	9.13	67	LOST	Geelong	5.4	8.7	12.15	13.17	95	-28	KAR	1997-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-23 21	H	Carlton	3.2	4.4	5.8	11.10	76	WON	Sydney	0.0	0.6	4.8	5.11	41	35	PRI	1997-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-30 22	H	Carlton	7.1	10.5	13.6	13.11	89	LOST	Richmond	2.3	6.7	10.10	13.13	91	-2	PRI	1997-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1997 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Allan, Matthew	21	178	8.5	129	6.1	307	14.6	113	5.4	263	12.5	10	0.5	31	32	8	0.4	10	58
Anstey, Jacob	9	31	3.4	20	2.2	51	5.7	8	0.9	0	0.0	3	0.3	2	0	4	0.4	1	25
Balkwill, Andrew	1	2	2.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Beaumont, Simon	7	69	9.9	36	5.1	105	15.0	32	4.6	0	0.0	6	0.9	2	2	4	0.6	3	27
Bradley, Craig	22	436	19.8	151	6.9	587	26.7	76	3.5	1	0.0	32	1.5	26	14	12	0.5	11	83
Brown, Fraser	7	72	10.3	54	7.7	126	18.0	17	2.4	0	0.0	13	1.9	4	6	5	0.7	8	38
Camporeale, Scott	12	149	12.4	65	5.4	214	17.8	42	3.5	0	0.0	19	1.6	11	15	7	0.6	7	49
Christou, Ang	8	99	12.4	31	3.9	130	16.3	30	3.8	2	0.3	14	1.8	10	2	0	0.0	0	0
Clape, Matt	11	60	5.5	67	6.1	127	11.5	38	3.5	0	0.0	13	1.2	5	6	5	0.5	6	36
De Iulio, Ron	8	67	8.4	26	3.3	93	11.6	23	2.9	0	0.0	5	0.6	9	5	1	0.1	3	9
Dean, Peter	20	147	7.4	95	4.8	242	12.1	67	3.4	9	0.5	26	1.3	15	16	7	0.4	1	43
Franchina, Anthony	2	7	3.5	2	1.0	9	4.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	2	1.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Hamill, Aaron	19	127	6.7	97	5.1	224	11.8	62	3.3	1	0.1	27	1.4	20	23	12	0.6	11	83
Hanna, Mil	8	56	7.0	27	3.4	83	10.4	29	3.6	0	0.0	6	0.8	6	3	2	0.3	1	13
Hickmott, Adrian	17	200	11.8	96	5.6	296	17.4	92	5.4	0	0.0	27	1.6	16	14	5	0.3	3	33
Hogg, Matthew	18	137	7.6	68	3.8	205	11.4	46	2.6	0	0.0	22	1.2	24	11	6	0.3	2	38
Hulme, Darren	8	59	7.4	44	5.5	103	12.9	10	1.3	0	0.0	9	1.1	9	6	0	0.0	1	1
Kernahan, Stephen	16	146	9.1	36	2.3	182	11.4	76	4.8	20	1.3	17	1.1	16	16	23	1.4	23	161
Koutoufides, Anthony	22	270	12.3	156	7.1	426	19.4	95	4.3	18	0.8	20	0.9	19	14	28	1.3	32	200
Manton, Glenn	20	118	5.9	104	5.2	222	11.1	96	4.8	7	0.4	23	1.2	13	15	10	0.5	7	67
McGuane, Mick	3	16	5.3	11	3.7	27	9.0	9	3.0	1	0.3	5	1.7	2	0	1	0.3	1	7
McKay, Andrew	22	191	8.7	159	7.2	350	15.9	80	3.6	2	0.1	34	1.5	9	21	2	0.1	3	15
Murphy, Justin	21	194	9.2	127	6.0	321	15.3	107	5.1	0	0.0	29	1.4	11	24	26	1.2	26	182
Nelson, Ben	1	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
O'Sullivan, Luke	15	119	7.9	100	6.7	219	14.6	24	1.6	0	0.0	19	1.3	15	6	12	0.8	7	79
Pearce, Brad	11	84	7.6	16	1.5	100	9.1	44	4.0	0	0.0	7	0.6	8	4	16	1.5	14	110
Porter, Mark	4	21	5.3	20	5.0	41	10.3	12	3.0	50	12.5	6	1.5	12	4	2	0.5	1	13
Ratten, Brett	21	255	12.1	261	12.4	516	24.6	66	3.1	2	0.1	68	3.2	21	14	6	0.3	8	44
Rice, Dean	10	91	9.1	45	4.5	136	13.6	32	3.2	0	0.0	13	1.3	8	10	2	0.2	1	13
Sexton, Michael	18	236	13.1	82	4.6	318	17.7	93	5.2	4	0.2	13	0.7	18	17	4	0.2	0	24
Silvagni, Stephen	18	156	8.7	66	3.7	222	12.3	76	4.2	1	0.1	20	1.1	24	12	25	1.4	13	163
Smart, Sam	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Spalding, Earl	4	26	6.5	13	3.3	39	9.8	14	3.5	3	0.8	5	1.3	2	3	0	0.0	1	1
Welsh, Rohan	3	3	1.0	13	4.3	16	5.3	3	1.0	4	1.3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
White, Adam	10	72	7.2	44	4.4	116	11.6	42	4.2	2	0.2	18	1.8	2	6	5	0.5	2	32
Whitehead, Adrian	13	106	8.2	79	6.1	185	14.2	38	2.9	0	0.0	12	0.9	1	8	12	0.9	11	83
Whitnall, Lance	18	123	6.8	55	3.1	178	9.9	71	3.9	7	0.4	7	0.4	13	13	19	1.1	15	129
Williams, Greg	13	171	13.2	135	10.4	306	23.5	52	4.0	0	0.0	20	1.5	20	8	11	0.8	9	75