1917 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1917 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 9-1-5, P%: 116.4%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Vin Gardiner (22)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Billy Dick
Vice-Captain(s): Rod McGregor

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brown, Ted #9 15 R01-R04, R06-R15, SF 0
Canet, Charlie #12 14 R01-R07, R10-R15, SF 1
Carter, Ernie #14 10 R01, R03-R04, R07-R11, R15, SF 3
Crone, Dave #30 6 R05-R10 2
Daykin, Percy #2 15 R01-R06, R08-R15, SF 12
Dick, Billy #1 10 R02-R05, R08, R12-R15, SF 18
Downs, Lyle #28 12 R01, R05-R06, R08-R15, SF 8
Dunn, Mick #21 16 R01-R15, SF 4
Fisher, Charlie #7 13 R01, R05-R15, SF 13
Gardiner, Vin #13 15 R01-R08, R10-R15, SF 22
Greaves, Harry #19 5 R01-R04, R07 0
Greenhill, Jack #17 6 R02-R04, R06, R14-R15 1
Hammond, Charlie #19 8 R09-R15, SF 3
Hardy, Willis #26 3 R01, R07, R11 1
Haughton, Harry #5 13 R02-R14 7
Keily, Dan #8 14 R01-R05, R08-R15, SF 0
Lang, Alex #18 3 R01, R04-R05 2
Lear, Darcy #16 12 R01-R12 1
Leehane, Steve #6 12 R01-R06, R11-R15, SF 0
Martin, Frank #25 13 R01-R07, R09-R10, R13-R15, SF 0
McCumisky, Phil #31 2 R06, R12 0
McDonald, Andy #3 13 R02-R09, R12-R15, SF 0
McGregor, Rod #11 15 R01-R13, R15, SF 1
Morris, Jimmy #20 1 R07 0
O'Brien, Paddy #10 14 R02-R03, R05-R15, SF 0
Shortill, Joe #23 12 R01-R03, R07-R14, SF 9
Valentine, Viv #4 12 R01-R02, R04-R10, R13, R15, SF 9
White, George #22 2 R08-R09 0
White, Horrie #29 2 R11, R14 2

Team Line-Up

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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)
Clark, Norm 16 9 -1- 6 R01-R15, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/05/1917 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn Norm Clark Rod McGregor
19/05/1917 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 31 Norm Clark Billy Dick
26/05/1917 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 15 Norm Clark Billy Dick
04/06/1917 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 1 Norm Clark Billy Dick
09/06/1917 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 44 Norm Clark Billy Dick
16/06/1917 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 16 Norm Clark Rod McGregor
23/06/1917 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 37 Norm Clark Rod McGregor
30/06/1917 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 11 Norm Clark Billy Dick
07/07/1917 Round 9 Geelong AWAY WIN CAR by 5 Norm Clark Rod McGregor
14/07/1917 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 5 Norm Clark Rod McGregor
21/07/1917 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 14 Norm Clark Rod McGregor
28/07/1917 Round 12 Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 11 Norm Clark Billy Dick
11/08/1917 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 5 Norm Clark Billy Dick
18/08/1917 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN CAR by 33 Norm Clark Billy Dick
25/08/1917 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 39 Norm Clark Billy Dick
01/09/1917 Semi Final Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 9 Norm Clark Billy Dick