1949 VFL Season: Carlton

These are the details of the premiership results for Carlton for the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Princes Park as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating North Melbourne in the second semi final, Carlton were defeated by Essendon in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1949 VFL Season
Team: Carlton
Club: Carlton
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 126.4)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Aitken, Ken #5 9 0 R01-07, R12-13
Baird, Jim #25 20 2 R01-05, R07-19, SF, GF
Bateman, Frank #29 5 3 R17-19, SF, GF
Baxter, Bernie #34 14 12 R07-18, SF, GF
Baxter, Ken #21 16 46 R01-06, R12-19, SF, GF
Brokenshire, Geoff #31 16 14 R04-05, R07-14, R16-19, SF, GF
Cahill, Frank #3 11 1 R01-02, R06-09, R11, R14-17
Clark, Jim #26 20 0 R01-12, R14-19, SF, GF
Conley, Jack #35 21 12 R01-19, SF, GF
Davies, Fred #28 20 22 R01-12, R14-19, SF, GF
Davies, Jim #32 3 1 R11-13
Deacon, Bert #23 18 3 R01-03, R05-10, R13-19, SF, GF
Garby, Ray #20 15 18 R01-05, R10, R12-13, R15-19, SF, GF
Green, Richie #33 21 1 R01-19, SF, GF
Greenshields, Allan #26 2 2 R04, R06
Grieve, Ollie #27 21 0 R01-19, SF, GF
Hands, Ken #1 20 10 R01-06, R08-19, SF, GF
Hardy, Jack #8 4 0 R02-05
Henfry, Ern #6 17 0 R01-13, R15, R19, SF, GF
Hodgson, Arthur #24 21 1 R01-19, SF, GF
Howell, Jack #13 12 40 R01-10, SF, GF
Howell, Max #30 3 0 R12, R16, R19
Mooring, Jim #16 12 10 R01, R11-19, SF, GF
Simmons, Tom #2 16 16 R01-16
Sorrell, Alan #14 9 0 R03, R06-07, R11, R13-14, R18-19, SF
Stafford, Fred #10 20 10 R01-19, GF
Streeter, Alan #22 16 19 R02-11, R13-18
Thynne, Alan #18 10 3 R02, R04-11, R18
Turner, Herb #7 11 6 R01, R08-10, R14-15, R17-19, SF, GF
Williams, Doug #12 17 1 R01, R03, R06-17, R19, SF, GF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Bentley, Perce 21 14 -0- 7 R01-19, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1949 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN CARL by 64 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
23/04/1949 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 1 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
30/04/1949 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN CARL by 105 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
07/05/1949 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN CARL by 19 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
14/05/1949 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN CARL by 30 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
21/05/1949 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN CARL by 39 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
28/05/1949 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN CARL by 33 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
04/06/1949 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN CARL by 30 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
13/06/1949 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN CARL by 15 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
18/06/1949 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 8 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
02/07/1949 Round 11 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOOT by 5 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
09/07/1949 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN CARL by 33 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
16/07/1949 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN CARL by 5 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
23/07/1949 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN CARL by 18 Perce Bentley Bert Deacon
30/07/1949 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 31 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
06/08/1949 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 3 Perce Bentley Bert Deacon
13/08/1949 Round 17 Geelong AWAY WIN CARL by 43 Perce Bentley Bert Deacon
20/08/1949 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN CARL by 21 Perce Bentley Bert Deacon
27/08/1949 Round 19 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NMLB by 56 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
10/09/1949 Semi Final North Melbourne AWAY WIN CARL by 12 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry
24/09/1949 Grand Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 73 Perce Bentley Ern Henfry