Round 1, 1950

Carlton 2.5 17 5.5 35 8.9 57 10.11 71 Melbourne 4.1 25 7.11 53 9.12 66 13.13 91	Venue: MCG	Date: Saturday April 22, 1950
Result: Lose by 20 points	Umpire: Merrington	Crowd: 33,077
Goalkickers: K.Baxter 3, G.Brokenshire 2, H.Casper 1, F.Davies 1, V.English 1, M.Howell 1, J.Mills 1.
Reports: Nil	Injuries: G.Brockenshire (bruised thigh) replaced by B.Comben during second quarter.

Game Review

Carlton lost their opening round match against the Demons by 20 points, but welcomed a number of bright and promising new faces to the great Carlton guernsey. Some, in particular, would go on to record magnificent careers for the Navy Blues, including Vin English and Bruce Comben.

Team

B:	33 Ritchie Green	27 Ollie Grieve	24 Harry Caspar
HB:	25 Jim Baird	23 Bert Deacon (acting vc)	26 Jim Clark
C:	8 Arthur Hodgson	10 Fred Stafford	35 Jack Conley
HF:	1 Ken Hands (acting capt.)	21 Ken Baxter	20 Ray Garby
F:	28 Fred Davies	31 Geoff Brokenshire	9 Jack Mills
Ruck:	13 Jack Howell	14 Vin English	30 Max Howell
Res:	36 Kevin Hart	15 Bruce Comben
Coach:	Percy Bentley

Milestones

Debut: Jack Mills, Kevin Hart, Vin English, Bruce Comben, Harry Caspar
Interesting Fact: This was the first of 242 games played by Carlton without playing in a Grand Final, a record for the Club that stood until the 21st century...


Image; Age April 24 1950

Bill Courts 11 y.o. Carlton barracker - Argus April 24 p1

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