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Carlton
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1.2
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8
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3.6
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24
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5.7
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37
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8.13
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61
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Richmond
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1.6
|
12
|
4.10
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34
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7.10
|
52
|
9.14
|
68
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| Venue: |
Princes Park
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| Date: |
Saturday 27 May 1939
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| Result: |
Loss by 7 points
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| Crowd: |
34,000
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| Goalkickers: |
J.McElroy 3.1, K.Baxter 2.3, C.Mann 1.1, R.Savage 1.1, R.McLean 1.0, M.Price 0.3, J.Hale 0.1, M.Crisp 0.1, B.Green 0.1, rushed 0.1
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| Reports: |
|
| Umpire: |
Murphy
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| Injuries: |
J.Hale (split webbing on fingers)
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| Best: |
|
Game Review
The Blues should have beaten the ladder-leading Tigers in this match, but 3 goals 6 behinds in the last quarter wasn't good enough, and Richmond got home by 7 points. Carlton slipped to sixth ladder position with this defeat, but at least our percentage was still healthy.
Team
| B: | 2 Don McIntyre | 21 Frank Gill | 26 Jim Park |
| HB: | 6 Bob Chitty | 10 Jim Francis (vc) | 31 Charlie McInnes |
| C: | 7 Jack Carney | 12 Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp | 32 Bob Green |
| HF: | 1 Frank Anderson | 24 Ron Savage | 25 Cyril Mann |
| F: | 14 Rod McLean | 4 Ken Baxter | 30 Mick Price |
| Ruck: | 5 Brighton Diggins (cc) | 15 Jack McElroy | 11 Jack Hale |
| 19th Man: | 18 Arthur Sanger |
| Coach: | Brighton Diggins |
Image: The Age May 29
Round 5 |
Round 7
