| Venue: Corio Oval | Date: Saturday August 17, 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 14 points | Umpire: Devine | Crowd: 10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: H.Clover 3, N.Collins 1, T.Downs 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: M.Connell, A.Doyle, R.Brew, F.Gill, F.Gilby, T.Downs, C.Davey, H.Clover | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
In an extraordinarly low-scoring match, the Blues kept the Cats goalless after the first quarter, and won by 14 points.The Blues won the game only in the last five minutes, despite the home team playing with 17 men after half time.
Now six points clear of the pack in second place on the ladder, the Blues seemed certain to play finals football again.
At the end of this round Carlton were in 2nd spot on the ladder with a percentage of 136.9.
Team
| B: | 26 Ray Brew (c) | 21 Frank Gill | 9 Maurie Connell |
| HB: | 27 Charlie Parsons | 32 Alex Duncan | 6 Fred Gilby |
| C: | 31 Ansell Clarke | 2 Colin Martyn | 29 Fred Williams |
| HF: | 19 Alec Doyle | 1 Horrie Clover (vc) | 16 Harvey Dunn |
| F: | 14 Jack Green | 22 Harry Vallence | 5 Norm Collins |
| Ruck: | 17 Charlie Davey | 24 Bill Lever | 28 Tommy Downs |
| Coach: | Dan Minogue | ||
Milestones
50 VFL Games: Maurie ConnellRound 15 | Round 17