Round 1, 1899

Carlton 0.0 0 0.2 2 0.3 3 2.6 18 South Melbourne 2.3 15 4.7 31 7.13 55 10.13 73
Venue:	Lakeside Oval
Date:	Saturday 13 May 1899
Result:	Loss by 55 Points
Crowd:	Unknown, said to be a record.
Goalkickers:	G.Cowell 1, C.Curtis 1.
Reports:
Umpire:	McCoy
Injuries:
Best:

Game Review

Pat Considine and then Joe Archer scored the two behinds in the second quarter.
For Carlton, this was a very disappointing start to the first season of 18-a-side football. With only three points on the board after three quarters, the Blues risked recording a new lowest score. Fortunately, majors to George Cowell and Charlie Curtis in the last quarter gave the Blues some respectability.

At the end of this round Carlton were in 6th spot on the ladder with a percentage of 24.7.

At right; from The Age, 15th May 1899.

Team

B:	Bill Sharkey	Charlie Sweatman	Will Stuckey
HB:	Bill Casey	Ernie Walton (c)	Bill McNamara
C:	John Hooper	Henry McShane (vc)	Charlie Curtis
HF:	Alf Hearnden	Joe Archer	George Young
F:	Pat Considine	George Cowell	Henry Allender
Ruck:	Len Morrison	Bobby Walsh	Billy Monagle
No Coach:	No coach and the captain directed the side

Changes

In: H.McShane, G.Cowell, H.Allender, J.Archer, A.Hearnden, B.Hooper, B.McNamara, B.Monagle, B.Stuckey
Out: H.Dunne, W.Ocock, J.Reekie, P.Williams, J.Pender, G.Warde, H.Dohrmann, M.Donaghy, D.Stewart, L.Vernon, J.Douglas

Milestones

Debut: Joe Archer, Alf Hearnden, John Hooper, Bill McNamara, Billy Monagle, Will Stuckey
Debut (Carlton): George Cowell and Henry McShane
Debut and Only Game: Henry Allender

Footnote

The Herald Friday May 12 listed 29 players from which the team was selected.
The players were to meet at the Layabout Club Room Lygon Street at 2pm sharp, or at the Sports Depot at 2.15 pm.
Allender, Archer, Bird, Brennan, Casey, Considine, Cowell, Curtis, Dohrman, Gorsuch, Hooper, Hearnden, Irvine, Manchester, Morrison, Monagle, McShane, McNamara, McSpeerin, Ocock, Roberts, Sharkey, Stuckey, Sweatman, Thompson, Walton, Walsh, P. Williams, Young,

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1899 | Round 2