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Carlton defeated Hawthorn by 37 points in the only VFL/AFL match to ever be played at Euroa

Round 8, 1952

Carlton7.3459.55912.108217.15117
Hawthorn3.3216.7439.96311.1480
Venue: EuroaDate: Saturday June 14, 1952
Result: Win by 37 pointsUmpire: BeitzelCrowd: 7,500
Goalkickers: J.Howell 8, K.Hands 2, D.Beasy 1, J.Chick 1, F.Davies 1, A.Hodgson 1, J.Mills 1, B.Milroy 1, F.Stafford 1.
Reports: Injuries: Thomas (cramp) replaced by Comben. Caspar (thigh) replaced by Ferry.










Game Review


This weekend was promoted as the VFL's Propaganda Round, when teams were sent to various country and interstate venues while Victoria was busy defeating Western Australia at the MCG in front of a crowd of 40,749. Carlton and Hawthorn went to Euroa (where the attendance of 7500 is still an AFL record crowd for this town). Meanwhile, Footscray and St Kilda went to Yallourn, South Melbourne and North Melbourne to Albury, Fitzroy and Melbourne to Hobart, Richmond and Collingwood to Sydney, and Essendon and Geelong travelled to Brisbane.
In a carnival atmosphere at Euroa, Carlton's Jack 'Chooka' Howell put on a clinic, and booted eight goals as the Blues thumped the Hawks by 37 points. In Brisbane, the Bombers and the Cats played the first-ever VFL night game for premiership points at the Exhibition Ground. The match was actually played on the Monday night, after the scheduled game was postponed due to heavy rain. Essendon defeated Geelong in front of crowd of about 28,000.

1952 Rd 8 - 'Chooka' Howell kicks 8 in Euroa Game.

Best

English, Hodgson, Thomas, Howell, Stafford, Hands, Grieve

Team


B: 35 Jack Conley 27 Ollie Grieve 24 Harry Caspar
HB: 16 John Brown 39 Harry Dern 33 Ritchie Green
C: 34 A. Max Thomas 6 Ern Henfry (c) 8 Arthur Hodgson
HF: 10 Fred Stafford 2 Bill Milroy 17 Doug Beasy
F: 1 Ken Hands (vc) 13 Jack Howell 23 John Chick
Ruck: 28 Fred Davies 14 Vin English 9 Jack Mills
Res: 25 George Ferry 15 Bruce Comben
Coach: Percy Bentley



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