Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club

Round 5, 1939

Carlton	3.3	21	6.10	46	7.14	56	11.17	83
Hawthorn	2.2	14	7.3	45	10.6	66	13.8	86

Venue:

Glenferrie Oval

Date:

Saturday 20 May 1939

Result:

Loss by 3 points

Crowd:

21,000

Goalkickers:

K.Baxter 3.2, J.McElroy 2.1, M.Price 2.0, C. Mann 1.2, J.Hale 1.1, B.Green 1.0, B.Diggins 1.0, C. McInnes 0.4, J.Carney 0.2, H.Hollinghead 0.2, P.Schmidt 0.1 Rushed 0.2.

Reports:

Umpire:

Cummins

Injuries:

J.McElroy (cut head) replaced by A.Sanger in third quarter.

Best:

Game Review

Carltons' shock loss to Hawthorn - their first ever win over the Blues after 14 years of trying, and 25 straight losses - was a costly one. The Blues were tipped out of the top four.

Prime Minister Robert Menzies, an avid Carlton supporter, visits the rooms of the opposition team for the second time this year - and Carlton lose again!!!! Hawthorn score a memorable win, their first ever against an inaccurate Carlton, the final scores; 13.8.(86) to 11.17.(83). - 100 Years of Australian Rules Football.

At the end of this round Carlton were in 5th spot on the ladder with a percentage of 127.3.

Team

B:	2 Don McIntyre	21 Frank Gill	26 Jim Park
HB:	6 Bob Chitty	10 Jim Francis (vc)	1 Frank Anderson
C:	7 Jack Carney	23 Paul Schmidt	32 Bob Green
HF:	31 Charlie McInnes	17 Harry Hollingshead	25 Cyril Mann
F:	14 Rod McLean	4 Ken Baxter	30 Mick Price
Ruck:	5 Brighton Diggins (cc)	15 Jack McElroy	11 Jack Hale
19th Man:	18 Arthur Sanger
Coach:	Brighton Diggins