1951 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 8-1-9, P%: 107.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Clark (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Keith Warburton (48)
John Nicholls Medal Recipient(s): Jim Clark

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ern Henfry

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aitken, Ken #29 1 R12 0
Baird, Jim #25 18 R01-R18 2
Baxter, Bernie #34 9 R01, R05-R10, R13-R14 3
Beasy, Doug #17 7 R01-R02, R14-R18 1
Blake, Johnny #21 3 R13-R15 0
Brown, John #16 18 R01-R18 0
Calder, Don #19 8 R01-R04, R08, R10, R13, R15 1
Caspar, Harry #24 18 R01-R18 1
Clark, Jim #26 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Comben, Bruce #15 18 R01-R18 16
Conley, Jack #35 12 R07-R18 0
Davies, Fred #28 18 R01-R18 21
Deacon, Bert #23 8 R01-R03, R06-R09, R11 0
Dern, Harry #32 2 R02, R10 0
Dunn, Harvey #22 3 R08, R10-R11 0
English, Vin #14 18 R01-R18 2
Green, Richie #33 6 R01-R06 0
Grieve, Ollie #27 18 R01-R18 0
Guy, Doug #4 6 R07, R09, R11-R14 1
Hands, Ken #1 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 26
Henfry, Ern #6 11 R01-R10, R12 1
Hodgson, Arthur #8 15 R01-R07, R11-R18 1
Huntington, Bill #5 2 R04-R05 0
Inglis, Adam #30 2 R03-R04 5
Jones, Tom #20 1 R16 1
Kerr, Laurie #11 18 R01-R18 1
Mills, Jack #9 18 R01-R18 23
Milroy, Bill #12 3 R16-R18 2
Stafford, Fred #10 18 R01-R18 13
Stafford, George #30 3 R16-R18 0
Sullivan, Harry #3 14 R05-R18 11
Thynne, Alan #18 4 R15-R18 0
Warburton, Keith #7 18 R01-R18 48
Williams, Doug #12 8 R03-R06, R09-R12 4

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 18 8 -1- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN CAR by 30 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
28/04/1951 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 1 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
05/05/1951 Round 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 24 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
12/05/1951 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 24 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
19/05/1951 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN CAR by 57 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
02/06/1951 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 20 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
09/06/1951 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN CAR by 15 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
16/06/1951 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 14 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
23/06/1951 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN CAR by 40 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
30/06/1951 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 64 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
14/07/1951 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CAR by 5 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
21/07/1951 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN CAR by 17 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
28/07/1951 Round 13 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 3 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
04/08/1951 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 33 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
11/08/1951 Round 15 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 22 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
18/08/1951 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn Perce Bentley Fred Davies
25/08/1951 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN CAR by 45 Perce Bentley Ken Hands
01/09/1951 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 44 Perce Bentley Ken Hands