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Carlton vs Hawthorn

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Round: 3   Venue: Princes Park   Date: Sat, 30-04-1949 2:30 pm   Crowd: 9,250  
Carlton 6.5.4112.12.8416.17.11321.27.153 C:  Perce Bentley
Hawthorn 1.1.74.2.266.5.417.6.48 C:  Alec Albiston
  CARL by 34CARL by 58CARL by 72CARL by 105  

Match Report

CARLTON WAS TOO GOOD FOR HAWTHORN

Winning everywhere, the powerful Carlton team overwhelmed Hawthorn at Carlton.

At no time did Hawthorn offer serious opposition, and Carlton concentrated on improving its average by piling on goals. However, hurried kicking and, at times, haphazard forward play, robbed the home team of many goals.

Hawthorn battled hard despite their hopeless task, and a few of the "old heads" - Austen particularly - saved the game from being a debacle.

Carlton's open football - long kicking, clean marking, and snappy passing - contrasted strongly with Hawthorn's fumbling and poor disposal.

GOALS
Carlton: Howell 5; Streeter 4; Davies 3; Garby, Simmons, Baxter 2; Stafford, Conley, Green
Hawthorn: Alblston. Anderson 2; McKlnnon, Williams, Bonan

BEST - THE ARGUS
Carlton: Green, Hodgson, Henfry, Streeter, Baxter, Davies
Hawthorn: Austen, O'Donohue, Black, Pearson, Alblston, Marr

GATE TAKINGS: £298

Source

The Argus, Monday 2 May, 1949

Footnotes

Link to original article: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/22725948

Match stats

Carlton Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
5 Aitken, Ken 0 20y 309d 4 0
25 Baird, Jim 0 28y 172d 77 81
21 Baxter, Ken 2 31y 253d 126 287
26 Clark, Jim 0 24y 37d 110 1
35 Conley, Jack 1 28y 194d 67 82
28 Davies, Fred 3 27y 259d 52 66
23 Deacon, Bert 0 26y 173d 76 4
20 Garby, Ray 2 26y 104d 56 76
33 Green, Richie 1 23y 225d 40 1
27 Grieve, Ollie 0 28y 182d 64 4
1 Hands, Ken 0 22y 186d 71 101
8 Hardy, Jack 0 22y 20d 2 0
6 Henfry, Ern 0 27y 280d 41 5
24 Hodgson, Arthur 0 23y 112d 10 1
13 Howell, Jack 5 24y 242d 73 108
2 Simmons, Tom 2 20y 17d 14 11
14 Sorrell, Alan 0 25y 342d 16 3
10 Stafford, Fred 1 22y 270d 35 30
22 Streeter, Alan 4 20y 212d 18 19
12 Williams, Doug 0 26y 86d 88 2
  Rushed   27  
  Totals         21 27         25y 38d 1040 882
Hawthorn Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
1 Albiston, Alec 2 31y 165d 155 360
6 Anderson, Gordon 1 24y 226d 19 22
9 Austen, Col 0 28y 149d 71 0
5 Baldwin, Allan 0 25y 80d 2 0
22 Black, Norm 0 21y 176d 2 0
15 Bohan, Leo 1 19y 226d 3 1
25 Curran, Kevin 0 28y 132d 55 7
30 Fisher, Bob 1 20y 47d 2 1
23 Fletcher, Ted 0 23y 138d 34 18
3 Hopper, Ken 0 24y 326d 52 13
30 Johnston, Lionel 0 22y 130d 35 0
28 Marr, Jack 0 21y 105d 12 3
20 McKinnon, Vic 1 23y 101d 3 1
14 O'Donohue, Peter 0 25y 320d 41 13
7 Pearson, Neil 0 23y 233d 47 24
17 Shalless, Ralph 0 26y 92d 17 6
16 Swenson, Clarrie 0 25y 342d 34 40
2 Wain, Fred 0 20y 328d 3 0
10 Williams, Mel 1 22y 333d 22 11
27 Worrall, Malcolm 0 23y 141d 69 8
  Rushed   6  
  Totals         7 6         24y 62d 678 528

Footnotes

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