1895 Carlton Football Club season
1895 season | |||
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President | F. B. Bromby[1] | ||
Captain(s) | Tom Blake[1] | ||
Home ground | University Cricket Ground | ||
VFA season | 11th (5–11–2) | ||
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The 1895 VFA season was the 19th season in the Victorian Football Association to be contested by the Carlton Football Club. The club finished eleventh out of thirteen teams, with a record of 5–11–2 from eighteen matches.
Club summary
The 1895 VFA season was the 19th season of the VFA competition since its inception in 1877; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 19th season contested by the Carlton Football Club.
Carlton's primary home ground in 1895 was the University Cricket Ground, within the grounds of the University of Melbourne in Carlton; but, home matches were also moved to the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Jolimont and Victoria Park in Abbotsford.
Mr F. B. Bromby took over the role as president of the football club in 1895. Bromby replaced Mr A. Gillespie, who had served in the role since 1886. Bromby spent only one season as president, before being replaced by Mr A. H. Shaw in 1896. Tom Blake took the role of club captain, taking over from Peter Williams.[1]
Season summary
Non-premiership matches
Carlton's played four non-premiership matches in 1895, including matches against junior clubs. Three were played in the pre-season, and one was played on the same weekend as Round 1 of the premiership seasons, during which Carlton had a bye. The number of players fielded by the junior clubs, if different to twenty, is indicated in parentheses.
Date | Opponent | Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | ||
Home | Away | Result | |||
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Saturday, 13 April | Richmond | 5.3 | 6.5 | Won by 1 goal[2] | Richmond City Reserve (A) |
Saturday, 20 April | Alberton (25) | Result unknown | Brunswick Cricket Ground (H)[3] | ||
Saturday, 27 April | Carlton Juniors (25) | 4 | 4 | Match drawn[4] | Brunswick Cricket Ground (H)[5] |
Saturday, 4 May | Carlton Juniors (25) | Result unknown | Carlton Cricket Ground (H)[6] |
Premiership season
Carlton won five matches and drew two out of its eighteen games to finish 11th out of 13 for the season. All matches were played at 3pm.[7]
Round | Date | Opponent | Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Ladder position | ||
Home | Away | Result | |||||
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1 | Bye | N/A | |||||
2 | Saturday, 11 May | Geelong | 10.15 | 3.2 | Lost by 7 goals[8] | Corio Oval (A)[9] | 9th |
3 | Saturday, 18 May | Richmond | 7.10 | 1.9 | Won by 6 goals[10] | University Cricket Ground (H)[11] | 6th |
4 | Friday, 24 May | St Kilda | 6.8 | 3.3 | Won by 3 goals[12] | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)[13] | 5th |
5 | Saturday, 1 June | Footscray | 3.8 | 6.5 | Lost by 3 goals[14] | University Cricket Ground (H)[15] | 5th |
6 | Saturday, 15 June | Collingwood | 4.3 | 5.8 | Lost by 1 goal[16] | University Cricket Ground (H)[17] | 7th |
7 | Saturday, 22 June | Fitzroy | 2.12 | 2.3 | Match drawn[18] | Fitzroy Cricket Ground (A)[19] | 8th |
8 | Saturday, 29 June | Melbourne | 8.11 | 1.3 | Lost by 7 goals[20] | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)[21] | 8th |
9 | Saturday, 6 July | North Melbourne | 2.2 | 1.9 | Won by 1 goal[22] | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)[23] | 8th |
10 | Saturday, 13 July | Port Melbourne | 5.3 | 3.3 | Lost by 2 goals[24] | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)[25] | 8th |
11 | Saturday, 20 July | Williamstown | 6.5 | 5.4 | Won by 1 goal[26] | University Cricket Ground (H)[27] | 7th |
12 | Saturday, 27 July | Essendon | 3.5 | 1.7 | Lost by 2 goals[28] | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)[29] | 7th |
13 | Saturday, 3 August | South Melbourne | 3.4 | 5.7 | Lost by 2 goals[30] | University Cricket Ground (H)[31] | 7th |
14 | Saturday, 10 August | St Kilda | 5.10 | 1.10 | Lost by 4 goals[32] | St Kilda Cricket Ground (A)[33] | 7th |
15 | Bye | 10th[34] | |||||
16 | Saturday, 24 August | Port Melbourne | 3.3 | 2.6 | Won by 1 goal[35] | University Cricket Ground (H)[36] | 8th |
17 | Saturday, 31 August | Williamstown | 3.11 | 2.6 | Lost by 1 goal[37] | Williamstown Cricket Ground (A)[38] | 8th |
18 | Saturday, 7 September | Richmond | 5.6 | 4.8 | Lost by 1 goal[39] | Richmond Cricket Ground (A)[40] | 10th |
19 | Saturday, 14 September | Collingwood | 7.6 | 3.1 | Lost by 4 goals[41] | Victoria Park (A)[42] | 11th |
20 | Saturday, 21 September | St Kilda | 1.10 | 1.5 | Match drawn[7] | Victoria Park (H)[43] | 11th |
Ladder
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | PTS | ||||
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1 | Fitzroy (P) | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 77 | 47 | 58 | |||
2 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 63 | 52 | |||
Geelong | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 62 | 52 | ||||
Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 102 | 70 | 52 | ||||
5 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 84 | 82 | 40 | |||
6 | Essendon | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 91 | 81 | 36 | |||
7 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 87 | 34 | |||
8 | North Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 64 | 75 | 30 | |||
9 | Footscray | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 78 | 93 | 26 | |||
Williamstown | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 69 | 85 | 26 | ||||
11 | Carlton | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 77 | 24 | |||
12 | Richmond | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 80 | 127 | 22 | |||
13 | St Kilda | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 64 | 96 | 16 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers | Source[7] |
The Association had no formal tie-breakers in cases where clubs were equal on premiership points.
Individual achievements
- Carlton won its Round 9 match against North Melbourne by one goal after Langley marked on the final bell, and kicked a goal after the bell from 40 yards.[22]
- Pseudonymous sportswriter Observer of the Argus named new Carlton captain Tom Blake as the league's second-best follower for the season, behind only Parker of Richmond. He also listed Brook Hannah among the league's best thirteen centremen.[7]
- No player kicked more than ten goals for Carlton during the 1895 season.[44]
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