Round 3, 1949
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday April 30, 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 105 points | Umpire: Beitzel | Crowd: 9,250 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Howell 5, A.Streeter 4, F.Davies 3, K.Baxter 2, R.Garby 2, T.Simmons 2, J.Conley 1, R.Green 1, F.Stafford 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: B.Deacon (thigh) replaced by J.Hardy in third quarter, O.Grieve (knee) replaced by A.Sorrell in third quarter, J.Howell (thigh) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The footy proverb; "They were never in it" certainly applied to Hawthorn in this match.
Ten goals down at half-time, the Hawks would have been really smashed, had the Blues not kicked a wasteful 5.10 in the last quarter!
Team
| B: | 33 Ritchie Green | 27 Ollie Grieve | 1 Ken Hands |
| HB: | 25 Jim Baird | 23 Bert Deacon (vc) | 26 Jim Clark |
| C: | 24 Arthur Hodgson | 6 Ern Henfry (c) | 12 Doug Williams |
| HF: | 2 Tom Simmons | 20 Ray Garby | 10 Fred Stafford |
| F: | 28 Fred Davies | 21 Ken Baxter | 22 Allan Streeter |
| Ruck: | 13 Jack Howell | 5 Ken Aitken | 35 Jack Conley |
| Res: | 14 Alan Sorrell | 8 Jack Hardy | |
| Coach: | Percy Bentley | ||
