| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday June 28, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 55 points | Umpire: Blumfield | Crowd: 12,617 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Spencer 6, J.Howell 3, K.Warbuton 2, D.Beasy 1, F.Davies 1, J.Mills 1, B.Milroy 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: Hodgson, Conley, Spencer, Grieve, Milroy, Beasy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: F. Stafford (cramps) replaced by Guy last quarter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
A terribly inaccurate Carlton still overcome their kicking woes to post a 55 point victory over Footscray.An easy win for the Blues who were superior in all aspects of the game. Carlton has a solid backline, a devastating centreline, a potentially good forward line, and they are strong in the rucks. The missing piece is a top line rover, although this week Spencer kicked 6 goals, but he is not as effective when he is on the ball. The Blues put the result out of question in the third term with 6.5 - 2.8 burst. Carlton's team work came to the fore, with handball, short passing, and players backing each other up.
Team
| B: | 35 Jack Conley | 27 Ollie Grieve | 1 Ken Hands (acting capt.) |
| HB: | 16 John Brown | 14 Vin English | 33 Ritchie Green |
| C: | 11 Laurie Kerr | 10 Fred Stafford | 8 Arthur Hodgson |
| HF: | 7 Keith Warburton | 2 Bill Milroy | 17 Doug Beasy |
| F: | 20 Tom Jones | 13 Jack Howell | 32 Jack Spencer |
| Ruck: | 28 Fred Davies | 24 Harry Caspar | 9 Jack Mills |
| Res: | 4 Doug Guy | 23 John Chick | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
A STOP AHEAD OF TIME
Moorabbin (VFA) players wore rubber stops/studs which were moulded as part of the rubber sole. The players were enthusiastic about the effectiveness of these stops.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244385350
Many years later nylon stops replaced the leather, and then screw-in and some moulded soles with stops became popular.
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