1912 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1912 between Carlton and Geelong during round one of the 1912 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Jack Wells captained the hosts. Bill Eason captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Clark and the visitors were coached by Bill Eason.

Carlton (9.16.70) defeated Geelong (4.7.31).

Match Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 April 1912
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Princes Park

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 9.16.70 - 4.7.31

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 3 5 . 7 6 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Geelong 0 . 3 2 . 4 3 . 6 4 . 7 4 . 7 (31)
Margin CARL by 24 CARL by 21 CARL by 23 CARL by 39 CARL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jack Wells
Coach: Norm Clark

Geelong

Captain: Bill Eason
Coach: Bill Eason

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Nugent

Goal Umpires

F. Franks
F. Lucas

Boundary Umpires

B. Davies
L. Stainsby

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Barningham, Alex FPR ? 1 ?
2 Bowen, Ned BPR ? 0 ?
8 Bruce, George WR ? 0 ?
5 Challis, George HFFL ? 0 ?
4 Clancy, Tom WL ? 0 ?
3 Clark, Norm HBFL ? 0 ?
6 Dick, Billy CHB ? 2 ?
13 Gardiner, Vin FF ? 2 ?
10 Jamieson, Ernie FB ? 0 ?
15 Marchbank, Jim CHF ? 1 ?
12 McDonald, Andy BPL ? 0 ?
14 McDonald, Fen HFFR ? 0 ?
11 McGregor, Rod C ? 0 ?
16 Payne, Billy HBFR ? 0 ?
17 Topping, George FPL ? 3 ?
18 Valentine, Viv RO ? 0 ?
19 Wells, Jack (c) RU ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Archie RU ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Armstrong, Charlie CHF ? 0 ?
1 Armstrong, Les HBFR ? 0 ?
3 Brownlees, Rupe BPR ? 0 ?
4 Cordner, Alan BPL ? 0 ?
5 Dalton, Bert WR ? 0 ?
7 Eason, Alec FPR ? 0 ?
6 Eason, Bill (c) HFFR ? 1 ?
8 Fairbairn, Les FPL ? 0 ?
9 Freeman, Neil FB ? 0 ?
11 Gray, Jack CHB ? 0 ?
10 Grigg, Dick HBFL ? 1 ?
12 Healy, Leo WL ? 0 ?
13 Heinz, George RU ? 0 ?
14 Marsham, Harry RU ? 1 ?
15 Martini, Percy FF ? 1 ?
17 Orchard, Billy HFFL ? 0 ?
19 Slater, Joe C ? 0 ?
20 Watt, Jack RO ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 7

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Carlton Coach: Norm Clark
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 A. Cordner 9 N. Freeman 3 R. Brownlees 19 J. Wells (c)

1 A. Barningham 13 V. Gardiner 17 G. Topping 23 A. Wilson

FORWARD 18 V. Valentine

HALF-BACK



10 D. Grigg 11 J. Gray 1 L. Armstrong



14 F. McDonald 15 J. Marchbank 5 G. Challis



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 L. Healy 19 J. Slater 5 B. Dalton



8 G. Bruce 11 R. McGregor 4 T. Clancy FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 13 G. Heinz

HALF-FORWARD 14 H. Marsham

17 B. Orchard 2 C. Armstrong 6 B. Eason (c) 20 J. Watt

16 B. Payne 6 B. Dick 3 N. Clark



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



8 L. Fairbairn 15 P. Martini 7 A. Eason



2 N. Bowen 10 E. Jamieson 12 A. McDonald



BACK



Geelong Coach: Bill Eason