1938 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 116.1%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Park (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Harry Vallence (78)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Mickey Crisp

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Brighton Diggins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Frank #1 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 7
Ayers, Fred #3 4 R06-R08, R17 3
Baxter, Ken #4 14 R03-R12, R17-R18, SF, GF 29
Butler, Bert #29 7 R07-R13 5
Carney, Jack #7 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 1
Chitty, Bob #6 15 R01-R06, R11-R17, SF, GF 0
Collard, George #31 1 R03 0
Cooper, Ron #19 18 R01-R18 30
Crisp, Gordon #8 7 R05-R06, R10-R11, R14-R16 3
Crisp, Mickey #12 19 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 17
Diggins, Brighton #5 16 R01-R07, R12-R18, SF, GF 3
Fox, Kevin #27 7 R01-R02, R04, R07-R08, R11, R13 3
Francis, Jim #10 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Gill, Frank #21 18 R01-R02, R04-R17, SF, GF 0
Green, Bob #32 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 2
Hale, Jack #11 19 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 13
Hollingshead, Harry #17 13 R01-R03, R09-R12, R15-R18, SF, GF 19
Huxtable, Eric #9 10 R01-R08, R18, SF 1
McElroy, Jack #15 10 R04-R13 4
McInnes, Charlie #31 12 R01-R02, R09-R17, GF 3
McIntyre, Don #2 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
McLean, Rod #14 13 R08-R18, SF, GF 3
Park, Jim #26 19 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 1
Price, Mick #30 17 R01-R09, R13-R18, SF, GF 34
Sanger, Arthur #16 1 R18 0
Savage, Ron #24 3 R14-R16 3
Schmidt, Paul #23 10 R03-R04, R09-R14, SF, GF 8
Shields, Arch #25 3 R01-R02, R14 2
Vallence, Harry #22 19 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 81
Watkins, Les #18 1 R18 1
Wrout, Jack #28 5 R03, R05, R18, SF, GF 11

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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)
Diggins, Brighton 20 16 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN CAR by 16 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
30/04/1938 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 1 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
07/05/1938 Round 3 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 1 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
14/05/1938 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 51 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
21/05/1938 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY WIN CAR by 16 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
28/05/1938 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 5 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
04/06/1938 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 39 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
13/06/1938 Round 8 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 27 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
18/06/1938 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 50 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
25/06/1938 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 36 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
02/07/1938 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 6 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
09/07/1938 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 21 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
23/07/1938 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 41 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
30/07/1938 Round 14 Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 6 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
06/08/1938 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 50 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
13/08/1938 Round 16 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
20/08/1938 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 17 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
27/08/1938 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 16 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
10/09/1938 Semi Final Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 32 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
24/09/1938 Grand Final Collingwood HOME WIN CAR by 15 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins