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| Venue: | Western Oval | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | Saturday 8 June 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: | Lose by 10 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Crowd: | 13,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: | P.Schmidt 4.0, J.Wrout 4.0, K.Baxter 3.0, J.Hale 1.1, C.Crisp 0.1, B.Green 0.1, C.Mann 0.1, rushed 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpire: | Coward | ||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: | J.Hale (bruised leg) replaced by B.McTaggart late in the last quarter | ||||||||||||||||||
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Game Review
Carlton lost to 6th placed Footscray in Round 7, in front of 13000 people at the Western Oval - the highest attendance for the round. We remained in third place, but fell a game behind leaders Melbourne and Richmond.At the end of this round Carlton were in 3rd spot on the ladder with a percentage of 105.2.
Team
| B: | 1 Frank Anderson | 21 Frank Gill | 26 Jim Park |
| HB: | 6 Bob Chitty | 10 Jim Francis (acting capt.) | 9 Gordon Cameron |
| C: | 7 Jack Carney | 12 Creswell 'Mickey' Crisp | 16 Jim Mooring |
| HF: | 32 Bob Green | 4 Ken Baxter | 19 Ron Cooper |
| F: | 27 Cyril Mann | 28 Jack Wrout | 23 Paul Schmidt |
| Ruck: | 14 Rod McLean | 3 Jack Bennett | 11 Jack Hale |
| 19th Man: | 20 Bert McTaggart | ||
| Coach: | Brighton Diggins | ||
War Effort
It was announced during the week that the Carlton players had donated their provident fund and other amounts to the war loan.£1,026 had been handed over by players, committeemen and staff. The club also handed over a further £400 to the war effort.
The Blues are the first VFL club to make such a donation.
Milestones
Debut: Bert McTaggartRound 6 | Round 8