| Venue: Princes Park | Date: Saturday September 10, 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||
Result: Win by 55 points | Umpire: | Crowd: 24,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Goalkickers: C.Davey 6, H.Clover 4, P.Outram 4, H.Carter 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Reports: | Injuries: |
Game Review
Carlton thrashed the Saints again at Princes Park, and one of our future greats in Charlie Davey kicked six goals in a spectacular debut. Over the next 11 seasons, Charlie would play 143 games, kick 121 goals, and captain the club - before a chronic knee injury prematurely ended his career.At the end of this round Carlton were in 4th spot on the ladder with a percentage of 121.7. The Blues would hold onto fourth spot and a place in the finals series by a win from the fifth placed Melbourne who had a better percentage of 132.4.
Team
B: | 20 Ted Brewis | 8 Hedley Blackmore | 10 Denis Kelleher |
HB: | 18 Frank Donoghue | 32 Alex Duncan | 6 Fred Gilby |
C: | 7 Joe Kelly | 31 Jimmy Goonan | 30 Vin Arthur |
HF: | 12 Allan Skehan | 1 Horrie Clover (cc) | 25 Harold Carter (vc) |
F: | 22 Harry Vallence | 17 Charlie Davey | 24 Percy Outram |
Ruck: | 29 Maurie Connell | 5 Les Johnson | 28 Tommy Downs |
Coach: | Horrie Clover |
Milestones
50 Games: Hedley Blackmore100 Games: Horrie Clover
Debuts: Allan Skehan and Charlie Davey
Last Game: Percy Outram
Round 17 | Semi Final