Round 10, 1897

Carlton 0.0 0 1.0 6 1.0 6 2.1 13 Essendon 3.1 19 3.2 20 4.5 29 5.12 42
Venue:	Princes Park
Date:	Saturday 10 July 1897
Result:	Loss by 29 points
Crowd:
Goalkickers:	S.Chapman 1, E.Walton 1.
Reports:
Umpire:	Keenan
Injuries:
Best:

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Game Review

The Argus led with the headline "Too Many Guns" to describe Essendon's mauling of Carlton in this round, stating that "Carlton are in the midst of a hot series of matches on their own ground, for, having got through with South Melbourne and Essendon, they meet Geelong next Saturday. Essendon undoubtedly carried too many guns for the dark blues, though the losing team showed a capacity for turning their opportunities to good account that would have served them well with the strength more evenly balanced. Like St. Kilda, they can be credited at least with finishing pluckily under discouraging conditions for at several stages in the second half they fairly held their own. All this may be allowed without disparaging Essendon's all-round excellence".

As in Round 8, Carlton again failed to score during the first and third quarters. This time our centre half-back in Ernie Walton scored a goal, as did our full-forward Sam Chapman.

At the end of this round Carlton were in 7th spot on the ladder with a percentage of 47.8.

Team

B:	Henry Dunne	Jim Lyons	Bill Weir
HB:	Brook Hannah	Ernie Walton (vc)	Jack Reekie
C:	Bill Casey	Henry Crane	Bob Armstrong
HF:	Jack Roberts	Jim Caffery	Bobby Walsh
F:	Sam Reid	Sam Chapman	Jack Frost
Rucks:	Chic Breese	Bob Cameron	Oscar Manchester
	Harry H Morgan
Rover:	Jimmy Aitken (c)
Coach:	No coach and the captain directed the side
Note:	4 Rucks, 20 players on the ground and no interchange

Changes

In: H.Dunne, J.Caffery, J.Frost, S.Reid
Out: C.Sweatman, B.Woodhouse, P.Williams, B.Patterson

Milestones

Debut: Sam Reid (Hawthorn (VJFA))

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