1903 VFL Season: Carlton

Season Team Details

Competition: 1903 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 11-0-6, P%: 136.0)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Barlow, Alex 4 0 R02, R07-09
Bruce, George 13 1 R02, R05-07, R09-14, S01, S03, SF
Crowe, Matt 4 6 R14, S01-02, SF
Elliott, Fred 18 7 R01-14, S01-03, SF
Flynn, Jim 9 1 R01, R03-06, R08, S01, S03, SF
Ford, Arthur 17 2 R01-14, S01, S03, SF
Gough, Alf 1 0 R14
Grace, Mick 17 18 R02-14, S01-03, SF
Hince, Frank 11 0 R02, R07-08, R10-14, S02-03, SF
Hogg, Norm 2 2 S01-02
Jacobson, Bob 8 0 R01, R03-08, R10
Leeds, Billy 11 7 R01, R04-13
Lithgow, Bert 3 2 S02-03, SF
Marchbank, Jim 1 0 S03
McNamara, Bill 9 0 R02-04, R07, R14, S01-03, SF
McShane, Henry 16 5 R01-02, R04-06, R08-14, S01-03, SF
McShane, Joe 17 6 R01-14, S01-02, SF
O'Connor, Charlie 9 0 R02, R11-14, S01-03, SF
Opie, Jim 16 1 R01-06, R09-14, S01-03, SF
Orr, Billy 1 0 R04
Prentice, Alex 1 0 S02
Roland, Charlie 11 1 R01, R03-12
Ross, Charlie 1 0 R13
Ross, Gordon 18 0 R01-14, S01-03, SF
Ryan, Chris 1 2 S01
Scott, Fred 6 2 R01-03, R09, R13-14
Snell, Archie 18 12 R01-14, S01-03, SF
Stephenson, John 1 0 S03
Stivey, Sam 1 0 R01
Sullivan, Joe 15 27 R01-03, R05-13, S02-03, SF
Topping, George 9 5 R03-06, R08-12
Tough, Charlie 7 1 R01-03, R07, R14, S01-02
Trim, Albert 17 0 R01-13, S01-03, SF
Walton, Ernie 18 0 R01-14, S01-03, SF
Webber, Fred 13 13 R01, R03-14

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Worrall, Jack 18 11 -0- 7 R01-14, S01-03, SF

Team Line-Up

Back: Bill McNamara Frank Hince Bob Jacobson
Half-Back: Gordon Ross Ernie Walton Albert Trim
Centre: George Bruce Arthur Ford Charlie Roland
Half-Forward: Henry McShane Mick Grace Fred Webber
Forward: Fred Elliott Jim Opie Joe Sullivan
Follower: Jim Flynn Joe McShane Archie Snell

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 3 out of 18 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1903 Round 1 Collingwood HOME WIN CARL by 21 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
03/08/1903 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 10 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
16/05/1903 Round 3 Essendon AWAY WIN CARL by 21 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
23/05/1903 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN CARL by 78 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
30/05/1903 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CARL by 33 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
06/06/1903 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN CARL by 27 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
08/06/1903 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 24 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
13/06/1903 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 14 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
20/06/1903 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN CARL by 7 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
04/07/1903 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN CARL by 36 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
11/07/1903 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN CARL by 35 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
18/07/1903 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN CARL by 30 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
25/07/1903 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 32 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
08/08/1903 Round 14 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 15 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
15/08/1903 Sectional Round 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN CARL by 35 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
22/08/1903 Sectional Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 2 Jack Worrall Joe McShane
29/08/1903 Sectional Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN CARL by 3 Jack Worrall Ernie Walton
05/09/1903 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 4 Jack Worrall Joe McShane