1947 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 15-0-4, P%: 134.0%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Bert Deacon (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ken Baxter (42)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Bert Deacon, Ern Henfry

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ern Henfry

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alexander, Wal #22 3 R06, R14-R15 0
Bailey, George #5 21 R01-R19, SF, GF 11
Baird, Jim #25 14 R05, R07-R12, R15-R19, SF, GF 26
Baxter, Ken #21 15 R01-R14, GF 42
Bennett, Jack #3 19 R03-R19, SF, GF 2
Boys, Ron #31 6 R02, R06, R11, R16, R18-R19 2
Brown, Vin #15 20 R01-R08, R10-R19, SF, GF 0
Carr, Les #34 8 R12-R19 0
Clark, Jim #26 21 R01-R19, SF, GF 0
Conley, Jack #35 20 R01-R06, R08-R19, SF, GF 25
Cooper, Jack #19 3 R04, R06-R07 9
Davies, Fred #28 18 R01-R05, R09-R19, SF, GF 25
Deacon, Bert #23 20 R01-R15, R17-R19, SF, GF 0
Eldridge, Tom #24 1 R04 0
Fitzgibbon, Fred #8 21 R01-R19, SF, GF 1
Garby, Ray #20 15 R01-R06, R09-R10, R15-R19, SF, GF 17
Green, Richie #33 17 R03-R05, R07, R09-R19, SF, GF 0
Greenshields, Allan #29 13 R01-R02, R08, R10, R12-R17, R19, SF, GF 0
Grieve, Ollie #27 17 R01-R02, R05, R07-R14, R16-R19, SF, GF 0
Hands, Ken #1 18 R01-R03, R06-R18, SF, GF 23
Henfry, Ern #6 18 R01-R16, SF, GF 2
Hines, Ron #11 6 R01-R02, R07-R09, R11 3
Howell, Jack #13 20 R01-R15, R17-R19, SF, GF 28
Kelsey, Bob #9 7 R01, R03-R08 0
Mooring, Jim #16 5 R01-R03, R19, SF 8
Redmond, Bill #2 2 R13, R17 0
Sanger, Arthur #18 8 R02-R09 0
Sorrell, Alan #14 3 R01-R02, R16 3
Stafford, Fred #10 21 R01-R19, SF, GF 22
Turner, Herb #7 20 R01, R03-R19, SF, GF 37
Way, Alex #4 1 R18 1
Williams, Doug #12 19 R03-R19, SF, GF 1

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)
Bentley, Perce 21 17 -0- 4 R01-R19, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 13 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
26/04/1947 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 14 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
03/05/1947 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN CAR by 73 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
10/05/1947 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN CAR by 54 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
17/05/1947 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 27 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
24/05/1947 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 102 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
31/05/1947 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 19 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
07/06/1947 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN CAR by 65 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
16/06/1947 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 26 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
21/06/1947 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN CAR by 13 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
28/06/1947 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 63 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
05/07/1947 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 5 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
12/07/1947 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 4 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
19/07/1947 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN CAR by 7 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
26/07/1947 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN CAR by 4 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
02/08/1947 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 40 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
16/08/1947 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN CAR by 73 Perce Bentley Bert Deacon
23/08/1947 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 25 Perce Bentley Bert Deacon
30/08/1947 Round 19 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 Perce Bentley Bert Deacon
13/09/1947 Semi Final Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 16 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
27/09/1947 Grand Final Essendon HOME WIN CAR by 1 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry