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Carlton defeated Melbourne by 11 points - Princes Park

Round 2, 1926

Carlton 1.2 8 3.8 26 4.8 32 9.15 69
Melbourne 1.3 9 3.4 22 8.8 56 8.10 58
Venue: Saturday May 8, 1926 Date: Princes Park
Result: Win by 11 points Umpire: Crowd: 18,000 (approx.)
Goalkickers: H.Clover 2, H.Dunn 2, P.Outram 2, F.Donoghue 1, B.Koop 1, J.Robertson 1.
Reports: Nil Injuries: H.McPherson (Dislocated Thumb).











Game Review

How's this for a comeback? Carlton were 4 goals behind going into the last quarter, and more than doubled their score in that quarter, whilst keeping the Demons to 2 points, to snatch the game. Carlton had managed to start the season with 2 wins a row and were in 4th spot, behind Essendon, Geelong and Richmond. Also making comebacks were Horrie Clover from injury after playing his last game in Round 9, 1924 and Alex Duncan from being a captain coach at Stratford in 1925.

At the end of this round Carlton were in 4th spot on the ladder with a percentage of 128.7.

Team

B: 21 Frank Irwin 33 Jim Watson (vc) 13 Jack Morrissey
HB: 18 Frank Donoghue 32 Alex Duncan 26 Ray Brew (cc)
C: 7 Joe Kelly 2 Norm Collins 17 Jimmy Robertson
HF: 9 Fred Mutch 1 Horrie Clover 8 Hedley Blackmore
F: 3 Charlie McSwain 24 Percy Outram 16 Harvey Dunn
Ruck: 10 Harry McPherson 4 Bill Koop 28 Ernie McAlpine
Coach: Ray Brew


Milestones

Debut (Carlton): Norm Collins


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