1948 VFL Round 1: Hawthorn v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1948 between Hawthorn and Carlton during round 1 of the 1948 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Carlton at Glenferrie Oval. Alec Albiston captained the hosts. Ern Henfry captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alec Albiston and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Hawthorn
Back: C. Austen, W. Culpitt, K. Curran
Half-back: L. Pabst, P. O'Donohue, J. Robison
Centre: N. Pearson, R. Baldwin, J. Brain
Half-forward: R. Shalless, G. Anderson, L. Woolf
Forward: M. Williams, A. Prior, C. Swenson
Follower: T. Ferguson, T. Fletcher, A. Albiston (capt.)
Sub.: B. Dalkin, L. Johnston

Carlton
E. Henfry (capt.), G. Bailey, V. Brown, J. Clark, J. Conley, F. Davies, B. Deacon, R. Garby, R. Green, O. Grieve, K. Hands, R. Hines, J. Howell, B. Redmond, A. Sorrell, F. Stafford, A. Streeter, H. Turner, A. Way, D. Williams

Hawthorn (11.10.76) were defeated by Carlton (17.15.117).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: A. Prior (5), A. Albiston (2), M. Williams (2), T. Fletcher, C. Swenson
Carlton: K. Hands (4), J. Howell (4), J. Conley (3), F. Davies (2), G. Bailey, R. Garby, E. Henfry, H. Turner

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 11th on the ladder and Carlton were then 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v Carlton
Date: Saturday 17 April 1948
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Carlton
Score: 11.10.76 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 0 7 . 5 9 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Carlton 6 . 7 8 . 9 13 . 12 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin CARL by 37 CARL by 10 CARL by 30 CARL by 41 CARL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alec Albiston (Hawthorn), Perce Bentley (Carlton)
Captains: Alec Albiston (Hawthorn), Ern Henfry (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Cole
Boundary Umpire: D. Hall

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Albiston, Alec (c) RO ? 2 ?
6 Anderson, Gordon CHF ? 0 ?
9 Austen, Col BPL ? 0 ?
18 Baldwin, Roy C ? 0 ?
11 Brain, Jack WR ? 0 ?
2 Culpitt, Wally FB↓ ? 0 ?
25 Curran, Kevin BPR ? 0 ?
21 Dalkin, Bill SUB↑ ? 0 ?
20 Ferguson, Tom RU ? 0 ?
23 Fletcher, Ted RU ? 1 ?
30 Johnston, Lionel SUB↑ ? 0 ?
14 O'Donohue, Peter CHB ? 0 ?
15 Pabst, Len HBFL ? 0 ?
7 Pearson, Neil WL ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Albert FF ? 5 ?
12 Robison, Jim HBFR ? 0 ?
17 Shalless, Ralph HFFL ? 0 ?
16 Swenson, Clarrie FPR ? 1 ?
10 Williams, Mel FPL↓ ? 2 ?
27 Woolf, Len HFFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

B. Dalkin replaced W. Culpitt during the second quarter.
L. Johnston replaced M. Williams during the fourth quarter.

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bailey, George ? ? 1 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
35 Conley, Jack ? ? 3 ?
28 Davies, Fred ? ? 2 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
20 Garby, Ray ? ? 1 ?
33 Green, Richie ? ? 0 ?
27 Grieve, Ollie ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 4 ?
6 Henfry, Ern (c) ? ? 1 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
13 Howell, Jack ? ? 4 ?
2 Redmond, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Sorrell, Alan ? ? 0 ?
10 Stafford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Streeter, Alan ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 1 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 15

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

Hawthorn Coach: Alec Albiston
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






20 T. Ferguson 21 B. Dalkin
16 C. Swenson 24 A. Prior 10 M. Williams 23 T. Fletcher 30 L. Johnston
FORWARD 1 A. Albiston (c)

HALF-BACK













27 L. Woolf 6 G. Anderson 17 R. Shalless



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













11 J. Brain 18 R. Baldwin 7 N. Pearson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













12 J. Robison 14 P. O'Donohue 15 L. Pabst



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













25 K. Curran 2 W. Culpitt 9 C. Austen



BACK



Carlton Coach: Perce Bentley