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1949 VFL Grand Final
The 1949 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 1949. It was the 52nd annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1949 VFL season. The match, attended by 88,718 spectators, was won by Essendon by 73 points, marking that club's ninth premiership victory. It was Essendon's fourth successive grand final appearance, having won the 1946 VFL Grand Final but finishing runners-up the previous two years. Star Bombers full-forward John Coleman, in his first season of VFL Football, kicked six goals for the game, the last of which brought up his 100th goal for the year. Teams Umpire - Jack McMurray Scorecard See also * 1949 VFL season References1949 Grand final stats page on AFL Tables* ''The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004'' * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton 2018 AFL
Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian minister, mathematician and astronomer Places Australia * Carlton, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Carlton, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania * Carlton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne Canada * Carlton, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood * Carlton, Saskatchewan, a hamlet * Fort Carlton, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post built in 1810, near present-day Carlton, Saskatchewan * Carlton Trail, a historic trail near Fort Carlton * Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario England * Carlton, Bedfordshire, a village * Carlton, Cambridgeshire, a village * Carlton, County Durham, a village and civil parish * Carlton, Leicestershire, a village * Carlton, Nottinghamshire, a suburb to the east of Nottingham ** The Carlton Academy ** C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Baird (Australian Footballer)
James George Baird (9 November 1920 – 4 November 2003) was an Australian rules footballer, cricketer and sprinter from Melbourne, Victoria. Football Baird came up playing football with Carlton-based junior team Princes Hill, before being invited to join the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 1937. He made his senior debut in Round 1, 1941. At 5'10" height and one of the fastest sprinters in the league, Baird was suited to many positions. He started the 1943 season in strong form at full-forward, and kicked a career high ten goals against eventual premier Richmond in Round 1 of the season. Three weeks into the 1943 season, he injured his knee; he played two late season games in 1943 with a leather guard on his leg, and much of the 1943/44 cricket season, but the injury continued to trouble him and he missed full 1944 and 1944/45 seasons of both sports before eventually having surgery to remove cartilage from his knee. Despite this, he lost none of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Baxter
Bernard Patrick Baxter (15 June 1929 – 27 December 2012) was a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). His brother, Ken Baxter, also played with Carlton. References External links * Bernie BaxteraBlueseum Carlton Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 1929 births 2012 deaths People from Werribee, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Mooring
James Teague Mooring (14 October 191720 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life Mooring, the son of James Wilfred Mooring and Ellen Adelaide Mooring, nee Teague, was originally from Piangil (near Swan Hill). Mooring was a natural sportsman. His sporting talents extended also to tennis, cricket, billiards and golf. Mooring was originally invited to train with , but the club failed to find him job so he returned to Piangil. Searching for work Mooring moved to Creswick and played with Maryborough in the Bendigo Football League. VFL career A chance encounter with then coach Brighton Diggins Brighton John Diggins (born Bryton John Diggins, 26 December 1906 – 14 July 1971) was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Arthur Oswald Diggins (18 ... in Creswick, signed him to the ''Blues''. He was judged Carlton's Best First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Bateman
James Frank Bateman (6 June 1924 – 5 August 1991) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Personal life Bateman served as a private in the Australian Army during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References External links *Frank Bateman's playing statisticsfrom The VFA ProjectBlueseum: Frank Bateman profile Carlton Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Leongatha Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1924 births 1991 deaths Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hands
Ken Hands (26 October 1926 – 22 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). On the death of teammate Alex Way on 7 November 2014, Hands became the last surviving member of Carlton's 1945 Premiership team, and was also the last surviving member of their 1947 Premiership team. On 22 December 2017, Hands died at the age of 91. References Ken HandsaBlueseum* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. 1926 births 2017 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club Premiership players Carlton Football Club coaches John Nicholls M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Turner
William Herbert Turner (6 July 1921 – 24 February 2002) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed "Stumpy", Turner was a dual premiership player at Carlton. He could play in the midfield or up forward. Turner also played first-class cricket with Victoria for whom he was a left-handed batsman and made 96 on debut against Western Australia at the MCG in 1948. In all he made 632 runs in his first-class career at an average of 33.26. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ... References External links *Blueseum [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Baxter (footballer)
Ken "Fleetwood Smith" Baxter (20 August 1917 – 27 April 1959) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of William John Baxter, and Margaret Baxter, née Nihill, Kenneth Matthew Patrick Baxter was born on 20 August 1917. His brother, Bernie Baxter Bernard Patrick Baxter (15 June 1929 – 27 December 2012) was a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one o ... also played with Carlton. He married Alice Maisie Diggins in 1944. Death He died, suddenly, on 27 April 1959. Footnotes References * World War Two Service Record: Private Kenneth Matthew Patrick Baxter (VX110353): ''Department of Veterans' Affairs, Australia''. External links * Ken BaxteraBlueseumKen Baxter's obituary''Boyles Football Photos'': Ken Baxter. 1917 births 1959 deaths Carlton Football Club players Carlton Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Brokenshire
Geoffrey Richard Brokenshire (15 July 1922 – 28 April 1986) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Brokenshire family is of Cornish descent.White, G. Pawley, A Handbook of Cornish Surnames. Personal life Brokenshire served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... External links * References aBlueseum Carlton Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Sandringham Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian people of Cornish descent 1922 births 1986 deaths Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Australian Air Force officers Military personnel from Melbourne Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Garby
Raymond Joseph Garby (16 January 1923 – 15 March 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Family The son of Samuel George Garby (1887-1959), and Mary Elizabeth Garby (1912-2007), née Bailey, Raymond Joseph Garby was born on 16 January 1923. He married Jean Foley (1924-2012) in 1947. Death He died on 15 March 2009.His tombstone states that he died on 15 March 2009, not 14 March 2009.Raymond Joseph Garby 16 Jan 1923 - 15 Mar 2009, ''billiongraves.com''./ref> Footnotes References World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Raymond Joseph Garby (VX139430), ''National Archives of Australia''.Kneebone, Harry, "Victoria's Last-Minute Victory: S.S. Loses Match but Wind Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Howell (footballer)
John Edmund "Chooka" Howell (31 August 1924 – 12 June 1994), nicknamed "Chooka" (as was his father) from his distinctive gait, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Three generations of grand final players He has the distinction of being a member of the only three-generation set of participants in a VFL/AFL Grand Final. His father Jack P. "Chooka" Howell played for South Melbourne, against Collingwood, in the 1918 Grand Final. This Jack "Chooka" Howell played for Carlton, against Essendon, in the 1947 Grand Final. His son, Scott Howell Scott Howell may refer to: * Scott Howell (footballer) (born 1958), Australian rules footballer * Scott Howell (political consultant), American conservative political consultant * Scott Howell (politician) (born 1953), candidate for the United St ... played for Carlton, against Collingwood, in the 1981 Grand Final. External links * * Jack Howell's playing statisticsfrom The VFA Project Blueseum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Conley (Australian Rules Footballer)
Jack Conley (18 October 1920 – 7 July 2008) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). External links * References aBlueseum 1920 births 2008 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club premiership players Coburg Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
