1947 VFL Season Round 8: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1947 between Carlton and Geelong during round eight of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Ern Henfry captained the hosts. George Gniel captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

Carlton (16.21.117) defeated Geelong (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 June 1947
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 16.21.117 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 15 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 7 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin GEEL by 4 CARL by 15 CARL by 26 CARL by 65 CARL by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ern Henfry
Coach: Perce Bentley

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Cleland

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 4 ?
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 5 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
29 Greenshields, Allan ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 1 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 1 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Kelsey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 1 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 16 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 0 ?
6 Fitzgerald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
12 Irvine, Arthur ? ? 4 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 2 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 0 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 10

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