| Venue: Lakeside Oval | Date: Saturday June 19, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 62 points | Umpire: L. Ireland | Crowd: 24,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: F.Davies 5, R.Garby 5, K.Baxter 5, J.Howell 3, H.Turner 3, J.Conley 2. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: O.Grieve, R.Garby, J.Howell, B.Deacon, F.Fitzgibbon, V.Brown, F.Davies. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Blues form had been lamentable. An unconvincing win over a poor St Kilda team in Round 9 had followed 5 losses on the trot.
Then, seemingly from nowhere, came the best Carlton performance of the year. Displaying 1947-like abilities the Blues jumped the Southerners to score the first 7 goals of the game and didn't let up.
Ollie Grieve was unbeatable at full-back, marking everything that came his way and making South star Jack Graham's day a misery. Ray Garby dominated the centre and added the garnish to his game with 5 goals. Chooka and Bert Deacon continued their fine seasons.
Free Kicks
Len Ireland umpiring his first League match awarded 97 free kicks in 100 mintues of actual play!1 Qtr: 13 -12
2 Qtr: 14 -17
3 Qtr: 7 -12
4 Qtr: 8 -14
Carlton 42 - South Melbourne 55
Despite South receiving more frees, Umpire Ireland was given a hostile reception after the game and had to have a police escort on leaving the arena.
Len would umpire a further 5 matches in this, his only VFL season.
(Record, Emerald Hill June 26 p3)
Team
| B: | 30 Max Howell | 27 Ollie Grieve | 1 Ken Hands |
| HB: | 15 Vin Brown | 23 Bert Deacon (acting capt.) | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 8 Fred Fitzgibbon | 10 Fred Stafford | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 16 Jim Mooring | 20 Ray Garby | 4 Alex Way |
| F: | 28 Fred Davies | 21 Ken Baxter | 7 Herb Turner |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 3 Frank Cahill | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 9 Bob Kelsey | 24 Arthur Hodgson | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
Milestones
Last Game: Alex WayScore Records: This is Carlton's 5th highest 1st quarter score in the VFL / AFL
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