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Venue: | Brunswick Street Oval | ||||||||||||||||||
Date: | Saturday 6 August 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||
Result: | Win by 50 points | ||||||||||||||||||
Crowd: | 17,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Goalkickers: | H.Vallence 11, M.Price 3, R.Cooper 2, H.Hollingshead 2, F.Anderson 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Game Review
Yet again, champion spearhead Harry Vallence dominated this match at Brunswick St. In his 199th senior game for Carlton - at the age of 33 years and 63 days - 'Soapy' kicked 11 goals as the Blues comfortably accounted for Fitzroy.Meanwhile, at Corio Oval, Geelong knocked over Footscray in a thriller, and gave Carlton an 8-point buffer on top of the ladder.
At the end of this round Carlton were in 1st spot on the ladder with a percentage of 121.6.
Team
B: | 2 Don McIntyre | 21 Frank Gill | 26 Jim Park |
HB: | 31 Charlie McInnes | 10 Jim Francis (vc) | 6 Bob Chitty |
C: | 7 Jack Carney | 12 Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp | 32 Bob Green |
HF: | 11 Jack Hale | 1 Frank Anderson | 24 Ron Savage |
F: | 14 Rod McLean | 22 Harry Vallence | 30 Mick Price |
Ruck: | 5 Brighton Diggins (cc) | 17 Harry Hollingshead | 19 Ron Cooper |
19th Man: | 8 Gordon Crisp | ||
Coach: | Brighton Diggins |
Milestones
700th Goal: Harry VallenceRound 14 | Round 16