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Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday 12 July, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 4 Points | Umpire: Sawyer | Crowd: Approx. 28,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: K.Hands 3, J.Conley 2, H.Turner 1, J.Bennett 1, J.Howell 1, F.Stafford 1, F.Davies 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: E.Henfry (BOG), V.Brown, O.Grieve, K.Hands, J.Bennett, F.Fitzgibbon, J.Conley. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: F.Stafford (bruised cheekbone) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
With a record of 10-2 and playing at home against the middle-of-the-road South, this appeared a case of just turning up for the Blues. And so it seemed as Carlton gradually compiled a commanding 22 point advantage by 3/4 time.South refused to concede however and closed to 4 points. The Southerners were still attacking when the final bell sounded and the Blues were mighty relieved to get away with the 4 competition points
The Blues led the league by 2 games and percentage over Collingwood and Essendon. A premiership was definitely on the cards.
Team
| B: | 33 Ritchie Green | 27 Ollie Grieve | 5 George Bailey |
| HB: | 15 Vin Brown | 23 Bert Deacon (vc) | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 8 Fred Fitzgibbon | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 10 Fred Stafford | 1 Ken Hands | 34 Les Carr |
| F: | 28 Fred Davies | 21 Ken Baxter | 35 Jack Conley |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 3 Jack Bennett | 7 Herb Turner |
| Res: | 2 Bill Redmond | 29 Allan Greenshields | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Debut: Bill RedmondRound 12 | Round 14