1944 VFL Season Round 17: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1944 between Carlton and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Bob Atkinson captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Tom Arklay.

Carlton (23.28.166) defeated Geelong (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 August 1944
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 23.28.166 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 9 9 . 12 20 . 18 23 . 28 23 . 28 (166)
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 6 6 . 7 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin CARL by 25 CARL by 30 CARL by 95 CARL by 106 CARL by 106
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bob Atkinson
Coach: Perce Bentley

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Coach: Tom Arklay

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Morgan

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Atkinson, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 3 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Gregory, Les ? ? 0 ?
5 Henfry, Ern ? ? 0 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 4 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 3 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 5 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Mac ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 23 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Altmann, John ? ? 0 ?
12 Barclay, Lionel ? ? 0 ?
25 Brisbane, Jeff ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Dean, Leo ? ? 1 ?
6 Dougherty, George ? ? 3 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
28 Leahy, Pat ? ? 0 ?
27 McHenry, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Tucker, Neil ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 12

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