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KEY FACTS

Official name
Carlton Football Club

Known as
Carlton

Nickname
Blues

Formed
1864

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Northern Bullants; Carlton Reserves; Carlton WFC; Carlton WFC (VFLW); Carlton U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1864, 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

AFL Premierships
1995 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1906-07-08, 1914-15, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981-82, 1987 (15 total)

VFA Premierships
1877, 1887 (2 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1968, 1970 (2 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1983, 1997, 2005, 2007 (4 total); McClelland Trophy: 1969, 1979, 1985 [joint winners], 1987, 1995 (5 total)

Most Games
375 - Craig Bradley (1986-2002)

Most Goals
738 - Stephen Kernahan (1986-1997)

League Top Goalkickers
M.Grace (50) 1906; E.Cowley (35) 1918; H.Clover (56) 1922; H.Vallence (86) 1931; T.Carroll (54) 1961; B.Fevola (84) 2006 & (89) 2009; H.McKay (58) 2021; C.Curnow (64) 2022 (8 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Bert Deacon 1947; John James 1961; Gordon Collis 1964; Greg Williams 1994; Chris Judd 2010; Patrick Cripps 2022, 2024 (7 total)

Headquarters
Ikon Park, 400 Royal Parade, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Postal Address
PO Box 83, Carlton North, VIC 3054

Phone: (03) 9387 1400 

Email
[email protected]

Website
carltonfc.com.au

Carlton



"Watched by what remains (and is likely to remain) an Australian record crowd for any football match of 121,696 Carlton looked dead and buried at the long break inducing Barassi to unleash his now famous instruction to his players to "handball, handball, handball". The players' compliance with this command, coupled with the inspirational impact of nineteenth man Ted Hopkins, saw the pattern of the game alter completely...."

John Devaney reports on the colorful history of the old dark navy Blues and their record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1918 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Carlton's 1918 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Carlton 2.23.34.34.6 30 LOST Collingwood 0.61.106.158.17 65 -35 VIC May 11 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 H Carlton 1.13.36.58.5 53 LOST Richmond 3.35.55.117.16 58 -5 PRI May 18 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 H Carlton 3.44.68.811.11 77 WON St. Kilda 0.24.56.87.9 51 26 PRI May 25 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 A Carlton 2.82.154.208.27 75 WON Essendon 0.11.73.104.13 37 38 EME Jun 1 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 A Carlton 3.46.97.1010.12 72 LOST South Melbourne 4.35.38.911.10 76 -4 LAK Jun 8 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 H Carlton 4.36.87.1116.15 111 WON Geelong 3.05.16.37.3 45 66 PRI Jun 15 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 A Carlton 2.54.86.1012.11 83 WON Fitzroy 0.51.112.126.15 51 32 BWS Jun 22 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
8 H Carlton 1.63.76.126.13 49 WON Collingwood 1.03.14.16.5 41 8 PRI Jun 29 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 A Carlton 3.35.45.98.13 61 WON Richmond 1.55.96.137.16 58 3 PUN Jul 6 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 A Carlton 1.22.22.22.5 17 LOST St. Kilda 0.80.112.184.20 44 -27 JUN Jul 13 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 H Carlton 2.44.95.1310.20 80 WON Essendon 1.11.63.64.7 31 49 PRI Jul 20 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 H Carlton 0.52.85.105.13 43 LOST South Melbourne 0.33.45.68.7 55 -12 PRI Jul 27 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 A Carlton 2.53.103.114.13 37 LOST Geelong 2.34.57.710.7 67 -30 COR Aug 3 (Sat, 3:15) Scores
14 H Carlton 2.47.79.1010.14 74 WON Fitzroy 4.16.28.59.7 61 13 PRI Aug 10 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2SF H Carlton 2.34.65.77.11 53 LOST South Melbourne 3.34.36.88.10 58 -5 MCG Aug 31 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1918 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Brown, Ted 15                             0 0.0    
Canet, Charlie 13                             0 0.0    
Clohesy, Bill 1                             0 0.0    
Cowley, Ernie 15                             35 2.3    
Crone, Dave 12                             0 0.0    
Daykin, Percy 13                             10 0.8    
Dick, Billy 1                             0 0.0    
Downs, Lyle 4                             5 1.3    
Dunn, Mick 12                             0 0.0    
Fisher, Charlie 12                             17 1.4    
Furnell, Harry 4                             4 1.0    
Hammond, Charlie 4                             0 0.0    
Haughton, Harry 9                             16 1.8    
Hore, Bill 11                             0 0.0    
Howe, Jim 6                             2 0.3    
Jackson, Percy 1                             1 1.0    
Johnson, Fred 12                             0 0.0    
Keily, Jack 4                             0 0.0    
Leehane, Steve 15                             3 0.2    
Martin, Frank 11                             0 0.0    
McCumisky, Phil 4                             0 0.0    
McDonald, Andy 12                             0 0.0    
McGregor, Rod 9                             1 0.1    
Mercovich, Frank 1                             0 0.0    
Muir, George 2                             0 0.0    
O'Brien, Paddy 13                             0 0.0    
Robinson, Billy 1                             0 0.0    
Shortill, Joe 4                             2 0.5    
Stewart, Ray 4                             0 0.0    
Tasker, Leo 12                             13 1.1    
Valentine, Viv 9                             3 0.3    
White, George 3                             0 0.0    
White, Horrie 2                             1 0.5    
Willis, Jim 8                             1 0.1    
Woolley, Jack 11                             7 0.6    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.