Round 6, 1947

Carlton 4.7 31 8.9 57 17.14 116 23.17 155 St Kilda 3.2 20 5.7 37 7.7 49 7.11 53	Venue: Junction Oval	Date: Saturday 24 May, 1947
Result: Win by 102 Points	Umpire: Cleland	Crowd: Approx. 18,000
Goalkickers: J.Cooper 6, K.Baxter 4, H.Turner 3, F.Stafford 3, G.Bailey 3, K.Hands 2, J.Conley 1, J.Howell 1.
Best: H.Turner (BOG), B.Deacon, J.Clark, F.Stafford, G.Bailey, J.Howell.
Reports: Nil
Injuries: J.Conley (strained knee), R.Garby (bruised leg), F.Fitzgibbon (bruised thigh).

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Game Review

The top of the ladder Blues crushed St Kilda in a percentage-booster (I can't wait until normality resumes).

After a reasonably even first half, Carlton added 15 goals to 2 to finish 102 points to the good.

At 5 wins and 1 loss ,Carlton were atop the ladder with a percentage of 161.3 after this match.

Team

B:	18 Arthur Sanger	15 Vin Brown	5 George Bailey
HB:	9 Bob Kelsey	23 Bert Deacon (vc)	26 Jim Clark
C:	8 Fred Fitzgibbon	6 Ern Henfry (c)	12 Doug Williams
HF:	10 Fred Stafford	21 Ken Baxter	20 Ray Garby
F:	1 Ken Hands	19 Jack S Cooper	35 Jack Conley
Ruck:	13 Jack Howell	3 Jack Bennett	7 Herb Turner
Res:	31 Ron Boys	22 Wal Alexander
Coach:	Percy Bentley

Milestones

100 Games: Ken Baxter

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