1939 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 123.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 27
Brownlow Leader(s): Ken Baxter, Frank Gill (6)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ken Baxter (65)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Frank Gill

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Brighton Diggins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Frank #1 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Baxter, Ken #4 18 R01-R18 65
Carney, Jack #7 18 R01-R18 0
Chitty, Bob #6 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 0
Cooper, Ron #19 13 R03, R07-R18 17
Crisp, Mickey #12 14 R01-R03, R06-R09, R12-R18 14
Diggins, Brighton #5 11 R01-R07, R15-R18 2
Fox, Kevin #27 3 R07, R11-R12 2
Francis, Jim #10 18 R01-R18 0
Gill, Frank #21 18 R01-R18 1
Green, Bob #32 18 R01-R18 4
Hale, Jack #11 14 R01-R03, R05-R09, R12, R14-R18 14
Hollingshead, Harry #17 13 R01-R02, R05, R09-R18 12
Jones, Jim #22 3 R10, R12, R14 0
Mann, Cyril #25 5 R04-R08 4
McElroy, Jack #15 7 R03, R05-R10 8
McInnes, Charlie #31 12 R01, R04-R07, R09-R11, R13, R16-R18 1
McIntyre, Don #2 18 R01-R18 0
McLean, Rod #14 16 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R18 5
Park, Jim #26 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 0
Price, Mick #30 10 R01-R08, R11, R13 20
Rae, Keith #29 2 R15-R16 0
Sanger, Arthur #18 6 R03-R06, R08, R10 1
Savage, Ron #24 12 R02-R04, R06-R14 5
Schmidt, Paul #23 14 R01-R02, R04-R05, R09-R18 38
Skinner, Jack #8 13 R01-R04, R09-R15, R17-R18 7
Wrout, Jack #28 15 R01-R04, R08-R18 31

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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 18 12 -0- 6 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 54 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
29/04/1939 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 13 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
06/05/1939 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 17 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
13/05/1939 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN CAR by 58 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
20/05/1939 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 3 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
27/05/1939 Round 6 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 7 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
03/06/1939 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 6 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
10/06/1939 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 39 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
17/06/1939 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 30 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
24/06/1939 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 28 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
01/07/1939 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 43 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
08/07/1939 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 25 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
15/07/1939 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 21 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
22/07/1939 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 6 Brighton Diggins Jim Francis
05/08/1939 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 88 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
12/08/1939 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 62 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
19/08/1939 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 39 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins
02/09/1939 Round 18 Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 56 Brighton Diggins Brighton Diggins