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Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday 19 July, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 7 Points | Umpire: F.Spokes | Crowd: Approx. 26,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: F.Stafford 3, H.Turner 2, F.Davies 2, G.Bailey 1, J.Howell 1, J.Conley 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: B.Deacon, V.Brown, F.Stafford, D.Williams, F.Fitzgibbon, J.Clark, F.Davies. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: K.Baxter (injured knee), J.Conley (cut head), R.Green (bruised thigh) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Richmond had won 7 of their last 8 games to move into 4th position and here were confronted with the "litmus test". The ladder-leaders with just one loss in 12 rounds, and at Princes Park.Shocking conditions suggested a low-scoring encounter, where any lead would be a good one. The Tigers were cock-a-hoop when they entered half-time with a 21 point advantage.
When Richmond extended the lead to 33 points half way through the third Carlton fans resigned themselves to a third loss of the year. However the Blues suddenly found form and added 3-3 to nothing in the last minutes of quarter 3 before swamping Richmond with a 3-3 to 1 point last term.
The Blues seemed to have the answers to any questions thrown at them and were now clear favourites to take out the 1947 premiership.
The Cartoonist's View...
Team
| B: | 33 Ritchie Green | 27 Ollie Grieve | 28 Fred Davies |
| HB: | 15 Vin Brown | 23 Bert Deacon (vc) | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 8 Fred Fitzgibbon | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 10 Fred Stafford | 1 Ken Hands | 29 Allan Greenshields |
| F: | 5 George Bailey | 21 Ken Baxter | 7 Herb Turner |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 3 Jack Bennett | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 22 Wal Alexander | 34 Les Carr | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
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