Round 1, 1943

Carlton 2.5 17 6.6 42 11.11 77 17.13 115 Richmond 1.7 13 2.14 26 4.19 43 8.23 71
Venue:	Princes Park
Date:	Saturday 8 May 1943
Result:	Won by 44 points
Crowd:	17,000
Goalkickers:	J.Baird 10, J.Wrout 3, B.Chitty 1, L.Collins 1, J.Knight 1, C.McInnes 1.
Reports:
Umpire:	Hawkins
Injuries:
Best:	Baird, Brown, Gneil, Bennett, Savage, Knight, Atkinson, McLean, Howell

Game Review

A sobering reminder of the war raging at the time was the tribute paid to Jim Park who was killed in action in February in New Guinea. Spectators, players and officials all stood in silence while a lone bugler played the last post before the game began.

Forward Jim Baird would kick 10 goals in this big win over the Tigers. This was the first time in Carlton v Richmond encounters that a Blue would kick 10, a feat replicated by Robert Walls in Round 7, 1976.

On the back of this strong win Carlton would take first place on the ladder with a percentage of 162.

Team

B:	9 Bob Atkinson	12 George Gniel	6 Bob Chitty
HB:	18 Arthur Sanger	15 Vin Brown	1 Frank Anderson
C:	23 Keith Rae	14 Ken McLean	8 Fred Fitzgibbon
HF:	4 Lance Collins	28 Jack Wrout	11 Jim Knight
F:	13 Jack Howell	17 Jim Baird	31 Charlie McInnes
Ruck:	24 Ron Savage	3 Jack Bennett	16 Jim Mooring (acting capt.)
19th Man:	7 Tom Dillon
Coach:	Percy Bentley

Note; spectators sitting on roof of the outer shelter shed.
Images: Sporting Globe May 12 p13 ed1

Milestones

150 Games (VFL): Jack Wrout
Debuts: Ken McLean and Tom Dillon

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