1897 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 2-0-12, P%: 51.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Wally O'Cock (15)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jimmy Aitken

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ahern, Bill 1 R01 0
Aitken, Jimmy 13 R01-R04, R06-R14 3
Armstrong, Bob 10 R01-R05, R08-R11, R13 0
Arnott, Billy 1 R14 0
Blake, Tom 4 R01, R03, R05-R06 0
Breese, Chic 11 R03-R05, R07-R14 3
Buck, Otto 3 R01, R11-R12 0
Caffery, Jim 7 R03-R05, R07, R10-R12 4
Cameron, Bob 11 R01-R04, R06-R11, R14 1
Casey, Bill 12 R01-R04, R06-R13 1
Chapman, Sam 13 R02-R14 12
Crane, Henry 8 R05-R06, R08-R11, R13-R14 0
Cummins, Arthur 7 R01-R07 1
Dunne, Henry 11 R01-R07, R10, R12-R14 0
Frost, Jack 4 R06, R10-R12 0
Goonan, Jim 2 R13-R14 0
Gyles, Harry 1 R02 0
Hannah, Brook 14 R01-R14 0
Heffernan, Ted 2 R01-R02 0
Howard, Harry 2 R02-R03 0
Johnston, George 1 R01 0
Lowenthal, Herbie 1 R11 0
Lyons, Jim 9 R04-R10, R12-R13 0
Manchester, Oscar 7 R07-R11, R13-R14 2
McPetrie, Henry 5 R01-R05 2
Morgan, Harry 11 R04-R14 0
O'Cock, Wally 10 R01-R07, R12-R14 15
Paterson, Alby 1 R02 0
Paton, Joe 5 R01-R05 0
Patterson, Bill 2 R08-R09 0
Reekie, Jack 13 R01-R06, R08-R14 0
Reid, Sam 3 R10-R11, R14 0
Roberts, Jack 9 R06-R14 0
Sweatman, Charlie 11 R01-R03, R05, R07-R09, R11-R14 3
Walsh, Bobby 11 R04-R14 1
Walton, Ernie 14 R01-R14 1
Weir, Bill 9 R01-R03, R06-R10, R12 1
Williams, Peter 11 R02-R09, R12-R14 0
Woodhouse, Bill 10 R01, R04-R09, R12-R14 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Henry Dunne Harry Howard Bill Weir
Half-Back: Peter Williams Ernie Walton Jack Reekie
Centre: Bob Armstrong Alby Paterson Bill Casey
Half-Forward: Arthur Cummins Charlie Sweatman Jimmy Aitken
Forward: Henry McPetrie Wally O'Cock Joe Paton
Follower: Bob Cameron Sam Chapman Ted Heffernan
Bill Woodhouse Brook Hannah

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1897 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 33 unknown Jimmy Aitken
15/05/1897 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 4 unknown Jimmy Aitken
24/05/1897 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 37 unknown Jimmy Aitken
29/05/1897 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 22 unknown Jimmy Aitken
05/06/1897 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 81 unknown Brook Hannah
19/06/1897 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 11 unknown Jimmy Aitken
22/06/1897 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 unknown Jimmy Aitken
26/06/1897 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 38 unknown Jimmy Aitken
03/07/1897 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 46 unknown Jimmy Aitken
10/07/1897 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 29 unknown Jimmy Aitken
17/07/1897 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 50 unknown Jimmy Aitken
24/07/1897 Round 12 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 28 unknown Jimmy Aitken
31/07/1897 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 34 unknown Jimmy Aitken
07/08/1897 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 32 unknown Jimmy Aitken